5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-0255
Quagga BGP Denial of Service Vulnerability in bgpd
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).

INFO

Published Date :

April 5, 2012, 1:25 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0255 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Quagga quagga

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 05, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.81 }} 0.00%

score

0.89041

percentile

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