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CVE-2012-0255

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
05/04/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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).

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.99.20 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.96.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.96.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.96.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.96.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.96.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.97.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.97.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.97.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.97.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.97.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.97.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.98.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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