CVE-2011-3324 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Quagga's OSPFv3 daemon by sending crafted IPv6 Database Description messages with trailing zero values.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2011-3324?

CVE-2011-3324 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Oct 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ospf6_lsa_is_changed function in ospf6_lsa.c in the OSPFv3 implementation in ospf6d in Quagga before 0.99.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via trailing zero values in the Link State Advertisement (LSA) header list of an IPv6 Database Description message.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3324?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quagga Quagga.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3324?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2011-3324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-85v8-hgw6-87v8.

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