(bgpd): Assertion failure by processing BGP OPEN message with malformed ORF capability TLV (VU#962587)
Published Jun 13, 2012
2.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.06%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.99.20.1
- 0.95
- 0.96
- 0.96.1
- 0.96.2
- 0.96.3
- 0.96.4
- 0.96.5
- 0.97.0
- 0.97.1
- 0.97.2
- 0.97.3
- 0.97.4
- 0.97.5
- 0.98.0
- 0.98.1
- 0.98.2
- 0.98.3
- 0.98.4
- 0.98.5
- 0.98.6
- 0.99.1
- 0.99.2
- 0.99.3
- 0.99.4
- 0.99.5
- 0.99.6
- 0.99.7
- 0.99.8
- 0.99.9
- 0.99.10
- 0.99.11
- 0.99.12
- 0.99.13
- 0.99.14
- 0.99.15
- 0.99.16
- 0.99.17
- 0.99.18
- 0.99.19
- 0.99.20
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
quagga-0:0.99.15-7.el6_3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1259
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
quagga
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | quagga-0:0.99.15-7.el6_3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1259 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | quagga | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.06% (0.01056) | 63.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.06% (0.01056) | 59.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.22% (0.00223) | 42.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.14% (0.01143) | 85.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 12, 2024 | 1.14% (0.01143) | 83.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.25% (0.01248) | 83.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50941 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2497 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/962587 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53775 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1605-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1820 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817580 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1820
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1820
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/50941 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2497 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/962587 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53775 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1605-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1820 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817580 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1820 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1820 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.