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).
Published: 2012-04-05
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2459-1 quagga security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0291 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).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1441-1 Quagga vulnerabilities
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Quagga Quagga
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:16:19.957Z

Reserved: 2011-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0255

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-04-05T13:25:30.617

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0255

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-0255 - Bugzilla

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