Quagga: OSPFD Potential remote code exec (stack based buffer overflow)
Published Oct 24, 2013
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.08%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
quagga-0:0.99.15-14.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0794
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
quagga
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
quagga
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | quagga-0:0.99.15-14.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0794 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | quagga | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | 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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:H/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 4, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 2.08% (0.02080) | 80.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02097) | 79.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.96% (0.00962) | 74.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.28% (0.05280) | 93.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 5.28% (0.05280) | 91.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 5.93% (0.05934) | 92.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.90% (0.05897) | 92.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f872fe60463a931c5c766dbf8c36870c0023e88 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2013-July/010622.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl//quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/24 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2803 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60955 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2941-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2236 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981124 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2236
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2236
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f872fe60463a931c5c766dbf8c36870c0023e88 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2013-July/010622.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl//quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/24 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2803 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60955 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2941-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2236 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981124 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2236 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2236 |
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