CVE-2012-0255

high

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).

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459

http://secunia.com/advisories/48949

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-04-05

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High