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CVE-2013-2236
Stack-based buffer overflow in the new_msg_lsa_change_notify function in the OSPFD API (ospf_api.c) in Quagga before 0.99.22.2, when…
Low2.6EPSS 2.1%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the new_msg_lsa_change_notify function in the OSPFD API (ospf_api.c) in Quagga before 0.99.22.2, when --enable-opaque-lsa and the -a command line option are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large LSA.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- RHSA-2017:0794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 60955 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl//quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f872fe60463a931c5c766dbf8c36870c0023e88 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [quagga-dev] 20130702 [quagga-dev 10568] ospfd, new_msg_lsa_change_notify: looks like a buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130703 Re: CVE request: Quagga OSPF-API stack overrun (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2941-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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