CVE-2013-2236

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-10-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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

quagga: through 0.99.22.1; 0.99.22

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f872fe60463a931c5c766dbf8c36870c0023e88
http://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2013-July/010622.html
http://nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl//quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/24
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2803
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60955
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2941-1
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f872fe60463a931c5c766dbf8c36870c0023e88
http://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2013-July/010622.html
http://nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl//quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html

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