CVE-2023-47234 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in FRRouting by sending a crafted BGP UPDATE message with malformed MP_UNREACH_NLRI attributes.

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

What is CVE-2023-47234?

CVE-2023-47234 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0.1. A crash can occur when processing a crafted BGP UPDATE message with a MP_UNREACH_NLRI attribute and additional NLRI data (that lacks mandatory path attributes).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47234?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Frrouting Frrouting.

How do I fix CVE-2023-47234?

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-2023-47234 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47234 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as AZL-31784, AZL-34690, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47234, GHSA-v9pv-vrqw-885r, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47234.

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