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CVE-2012-1820

Published: Jun 13, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
2.9CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 40.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:AAccess Vector
Adjacent Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
quaggaquagga
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
n/an/a
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems
quaggaoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka bgpd, quagga routing software suite

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-08.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/50941
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Jun 13, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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