# 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 --enabl

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-10-24 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60955
- http://nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl//quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt
- 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://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2803
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/24
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2941-1

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