CVE catalog
CVE-2019-16159
bird: CVE-2019-16159
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.15% · Oct 25, 2026
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bird | bookworm | 1.6.8-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | bird2 | sid | 2.20.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bird2 | forky | 2.20.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bird2 | trixie | 2.17.5-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | bird2 | trixie-security | 2.17.5-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | bird2 | bookworm | 2.0.12-7 | fixed |
| Opensuse | bird3 | tumbleweed | 3.1.0-1.1 | fixed |
| Suse | bird | package hub 15 sp1 | 1.6.8-bp151.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | bird | leap 15.1 | 1.6.8-lp151.2.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bird | source | bookworm | 1.6.8-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [939990] |
| Debian | bird2 | source | sid | 2.0.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [940522] |
| Debian | bird2 | source | forky | 2.0.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [940522] |
| Debian | bird2 | source | trixie | 2.0.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [940522] |
| Debian | bird2 | source | bookworm | 2.0.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [940522] |
| Opensuse | bird3 | rpm | tumbleweed | 3.1.0-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15072-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | bird | rpm | package hub 15 sp1 | 1.6.8-bp151.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2180-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | bird | rpm | leap 15.1 | 1.6.8-lp151.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2178-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [bird]Unknown
Source package: [bird]
Details (2)
1.6.8-2.1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8-1dsa · bird · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird · debian · 12
1.6.8-2.1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8-1dsa · bird · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird · debian · 12
- [bird2]Unknown
Details (2)
2.0.12-7· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird2 · debian · 12
2.0.12-7· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird2 · debian · 12
- [bird2-doc]Unknown
Source package: [bird2]
Details (2)
2.0.12-7· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird2 · debian · 12
2.0.12-7· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird2 · debian · 12
- [bird-bgp]Unknown
Source package: [bird]
Details (2)
1.6.8-2.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8-1dsa · bird · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird · debian · 12
1.6.8-2.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8-1dsa · bird · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird · debian · 12
- [bird-doc]Unknown
Source package: [bird]
Details (2)
1.6.8-2.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8-1dsa · bird · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird · debian · 12
1.6.8-2.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8-1dsa · bird · debian · bookworm; dsa · bird · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [bird2]Unknown
Details (4)
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· arm64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
- [bird2-doc]Unknown
Source package: [bird2]
Details (4)
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· all · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
2.17.5-0+deb13u1· all · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
2.0.6-1dsa · bird2 · debian · 13
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [bird3]Unknown
Source package: [bird3]
Details (1)
3.3.2-1.1· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
3.1.0-1.1dsa · bird3 · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [bird3-doc]Unknown
Source package: [bird3]
Details (1)
3.3.2-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
3.1.0-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · bird3 · opensuse · tumbleweed
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2019_2178-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16159]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16159]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:2178-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:2180-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15072-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16159]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-16159.json]
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