Medium severity · published Nov 25, 2019
CVE-2012-5521
quagga (ospf6d) 0.99.21 has a DoS flaw in the way the ospf6d daemon performs routes removal
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
QU
Quagga · Quagga
0.99.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5521
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5521
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/14
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56530
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5521
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5521
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5521
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80096
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