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Improper Authentication

CVE-2006-2224

Severity Medium
Score 5/10

Summary

RIPd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503 does not properly enforce RIPv2 authentication requirements, which allows remote attackers to modify routing state via RIPv1 RESPONSE packets.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published