CVE-2012-0249

N/A Unknown
Published: April 05, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the ospf_ls_upd_list_lsa function in ospf_packet.c in the OSPFv2 implementation in ospfd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a Link State Update (aka LS Update) packet that is smaller than the length specified in its header.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1258.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715
Source: cret@cert.org
Patch US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=705
Source: cret@cert.org
Exploit Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1258.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=705
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
76th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

quagga

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