This vulnerability (CERT-FI #514837) was reported by CROSS project.
They have also suggested a fix to the problem, which was found
acceptable.
Quagga ospfd does not seem to handle unknown LSA types in a Link State
Update message correctly. If LSA type is something else than one
supported
by Quagga, the default handling of unknown types leads to an error.
* ospf_flood.c
* ospf_flood(): check return value of ospf_lsa_install()
procedure cannot overwrite the newly installed LSA until
MinLSArrival seconds have elapsed. */
- new = ospf_lsa_install (ospf, nbr->oi, new);
+ if (! (new = ospf_lsa_install (ospf, nbr->oi, new)))
+ return 0; /* unknown LSA type */
/* Acknowledge the receipt of the LSA by sending a Link State
Acknowledgment packet back out the receiving interface. */