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CVE-2012-0255 json

The BGP implementation in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 does not properly use message buffers for OPEN messages, which allows remote atta…

published 2012-04-05 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0291

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • quagga RHEL 6 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2
  • quagga-contrib RHEL 6 0.99.15-7.el6_3.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1259

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-2012-0255 updated cvss 2.9

(bgpd): Assertion failure by processing malformed AS4 capability in BGP OPEN message

  • 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 Enterprise Linux 5 quagga
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% 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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