CVE-2006-2223
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- 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
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26243
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9985
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/284-1/
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.