Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2012-0250 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Local network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
quagga (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU44160
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0250
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Buffer overflow in the OSPFv2 implementation in ospfd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a Link State Update (aka LS Update) packet containing a network-LSA link-state advertisement for which the data-structure length is smaller than the value in the Length header field.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsquagga (Alpine package): 0.99.16-r0 - 0.99.20-r0
CPE2.3http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=64932f062305fdbd3380b6ebe40023d1d9750707
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=293e54c3aba3cb214942257b5935ac00a86d4cf8
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c10cf01bc73b0577a1977fc87aabec4994fad2fb
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.