#VU44159 Buffer overflow in Quagga - CVE-2012-0249

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#VU44159 Buffer overflow in Quagga - CVE-2012-0249

Published: April 5, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44159
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0249
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Quagga
Software vendor:
quagga.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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