CVE-2023-38407 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in FRRouting by triggering an out-of-bounds read during labeled unicast parsing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-38407?
CVE-2023-38407 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
bgpd/bgp_label.c in FRRouting (FRR) before 8.5 attempts to read beyond the end of the stream during labeled unicast parsing.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38407?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Frrouting Frrouting.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38407?
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-2023-38407 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38407 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38407, GHSA-38fw-5cvw-p8h6, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38407.