CVE-2012-0255
The BGP implementation in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 does not properly use message buffers for OPEN messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a message associated with a malformed…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The BGP implementation in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 does not properly use message buffers for OPEN messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a message associated with a malformed Four-octet AS Number Capability (aka AS4 capability).
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.45% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- quagga/quagga
- Source
- cret@cert.org
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-2012-1259.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715US Government Resource
- 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-2012-1259.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.