CVE-2012-5521 - Reachable Assertion

Severity

65%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

60%

quagga (ospf6d) 0.99.21 has a DoS flaw in the way the ospf6d daemon performs routes removal

quagga (ospf6d) 0.99.21 has a DoS flaw in the way the ospf6d daemon performs routes removal

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Demo Examples

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

In the excerpt below, an AssertionError (an unchecked exception) is thrown if the user hasn't entered an email address in an HTML form.


               
assert email != null;

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-11-25 14:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-12-10 16:59:00

Affected Software

Quagga Routing Software Suite 0.99.21

0.99.21

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

Debian Linux 10

10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0

5.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

6.0

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/14

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56530

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5521

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5521

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5521

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80096

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5521

Third Party Advisory

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