CVE-2006-2223 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.3% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
RIPd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503 does not properly implement configurations that (1) disable RIPv1 or (2) require plaintext or MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (routing state) via REQUEST packets such as SEND UPDATE.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 11.28% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| quagga | quagga |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Quagga Routing Software Suite 0.9x - RIPd RIPv1 Request Routing Table Disclosure | 2006-05-03 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
- http://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=261
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19910
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20138
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20221
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20420
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21159
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016204
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1059
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-15.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/25224
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0525.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0533.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432822/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432823/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17808
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