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CVE-2011-3323 json

The OSPFv3 implementation in ospf6d in Quagga before 0.99.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory acc…

published 2011-10-10 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-3287

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The OSPFv3 implementation in ospf6d in Quagga before 0.99.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and daemon crash) via a Link State Update message with an invalid IPv6 prefix length.

Patch / fix

  • quagga RHEL 6 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2
  • quagga-contrib RHEL 6 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2
  • quagga RHEL 5 0.98.6-7.el5_8.1
  • quagga-contrib RHEL 5 0.98.6-7.el5_8.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1259RHSA-2012:1258

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-3323 updated cvss 5.4

(ospf6d): Stack-based buffer overflow while decoding Link State Update packet with malformed Inter Area Prefix LSA

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 quagga
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) quagga 0.98.6-7.el5_8.1, quagga-contrib 0.98.6-7.el5_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) quagga 0.98.6-7.el5_8.1, quagga-contrib 0.98.6-7.el5_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1258
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) quagga 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) quagga 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2, quagga-contrib 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) quagga 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) quagga 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2, quagga-contrib 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1259
  • Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) quagga 0.98.6-7.el5_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1258

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Exploit prediction

4.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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