CVE-2019-16159 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in BIRD Internet Routing Daemon versions 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5, affecting products like Debian, Fedora, NIC, and OpenSUSE. This vulnerability, rated High severity (CVSS 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted BGP administrative shutdown message. While the overflow is small (four bytes, two attacker-controlled), it can lead to system instability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.6.0, <= 1.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nic:bird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nic:bird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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