--- title: "CVE-2012-0250\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0250?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-0250 Publication date 5 April 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Buffer overflow in the OSPFv2 implementation in ospfd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a Link State Update (aka LS Update) packet containing a network-LSA link-state advertisement for which the data-structure length is smaller than the value in the Length header field. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | quagga | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.11.10.2 | | 11.04 natty | Fixed 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.11.04.2 | | 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0250) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0250) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0250) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0250) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1441-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1441-1) + Quagga vulnerabilities + 15 May 2012 ### Other references * *