CVE-2012-0249

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0249
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-05 13:25:30 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Quagga Quagga 0.95 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.0 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.0 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.6 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.10 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.11 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.12 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.13 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.14 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.15 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.16 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.17 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.18 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.19 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.6 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.7 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.8 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.9 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: quagga-0.99.20.1-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA48949 - Debian update for quagga - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#551715 - Quagga contains multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
705 – OSPF LSA length not checked, resulting in abort in stream_getl with an assert af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.quagga.net Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: quagga-0.99.20.1-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2459-2 quagga af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: quagga-0.99.20.1-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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