[Secure-testing-team] Bug#822787: quagga: CVE-2016-4049: Missing size check in bgp_dump_routes_func in bgpd/bgp_dump.c allowing DoS

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: quagga
Version: 0.99.23.1-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for quagga.

CVE-2016-4049[0]:
Missing size check in bgp_dump_routes_func in bgpd/bgp_dump.c allowing DoS

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4049
[1] https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-January/014699.html
[2] https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-April/015241.html

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore