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CVE-2012-0255

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2012-03-24 quagga -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2012-0255
Phase Assigned(20111221)

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).

References

Source Reference
FEDORA FEDORA-2012-5352
FEDORA FEDORA-2012-5411
FEDORA FEDORA-2012-5436
REDHAT RHSA-2012:1259
CERT-VN VU#551715
SECUNIA 48949