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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2012-0249) ELSA-2017-0794: quagga security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2012-0249) ELSA-2017-0794: quagga security and bug fix update

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/05/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/28/2017
Modified
01/22/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-quagga
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-quagga-contrib
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-quagga-devel

References

  • ELSA-2017-0794
  • DSA-2459
  • CVE-2012-0249
  • USN-1441-1

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