CVE-2012-0249
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.80% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- quagga/quagga
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715Patch, US Government Resource
- https://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=705Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715Patch, US Government Resource
- https://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=705Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.