2.9
LOW CVSS 2.0
CVE-2012-1820
Quagga BGP Capability TLV Denial of Service
Description

The bgp_capability_orf function in bgpd in Quagga 0.99.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) by leveraging a BGP peering relationship and sending a malformed Outbound Route Filtering (ORF) capability TLV in an OPEN message.

INFO

Published Date :

June 13, 2012, 3:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1820 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
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability in Quagga allows for a denial-of-service attack; updating the software is the primary solution.
  • Update the Quagga packages to a version later than 0.99.20.1.
  • If available, apply vendor-specific security patches or updates.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-1820 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-1820 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-1820 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

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

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/50941
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2497
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/962587
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53775
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1605-1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 2.9
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

0.18 }} -0.14%

score

0.37206

percentile