GEN:SID | 1:2159 |
Message | MISC BGP invalid type 0 |
Summary | This event is generated when an invalid BGP type is detected.
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Impact | Unknown.
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Detailed Information | This event indicates that a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) packet with an invalid type has been detected.
BGP packets must have a type of 1 or more. This event indicates that a BGP packet was detected with a type of 0. This may be related to another issue regarding invalid BGP datasizes. See sid 2158 for further information.
Note: if sid 2158 has been disabled, this event will be generated if the type of problem described in the documentation for sid 2158 is detected.
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Affected Systems | This BGP packet may cause problems with TCPDump.
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Attack Scenarios | An attacker would need to craft a special BGP packet with a type of 0 or a datasize of less than 20 bytes.
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Ease of Attack | Simple.
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Corrective Action | Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software
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Additional References | |
Rule References | bugtraq: 6213
cve: 2002-1350
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