CVE-2016-1245 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the zebra daemon of Quagga, affecting versions prior to 1.0.20161017, including various Debian distributions. This flaw arises from improper handling of IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages due to a system-dependent BUFSIZ. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.20160315CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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