CVE-2012-1820

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.

2.9

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.18%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/962587	third party advisory us government resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1605-1	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2497	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53775	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/50941	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1820?: CVE-2012-1820 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1820?: To fix CVE-2012-1820, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-1820 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-1820 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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