Description
Buffer overflow in the ospf_ls_upd_list_lsa function in ospf_packet.c in the OSPFv2 implementation in ospfd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a Link State Update (aka LS Update) packet that is smaller than the length specified in its header.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.3/10
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715Patch, US Government Resource
- https://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=705Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078794.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078910.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078926.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2459
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/551715Patch, US Government Resource
- https://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=705Exploit, Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 5, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified