CVE-2024-44070 Denial of service in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in FRRouting by sending malformed BGP attributes that bypass length checks.

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

What is CVE-2024-44070?

CVE-2024-44070 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 19 Aug 2024. 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 10.1. bgp_attr_encap in bgpd/bgp_attr.c does not check the actual remaining stream length before taking the TLV value.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44070?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (15)
frr SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1All versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSAll versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOSAll versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSSAll versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5All versions8.4-150500.4.26.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6All versions8.4-150500.4.26.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSSAll versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSSAll versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3All versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4All versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3All versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr SUSE:Manager Server 4.3All versions7.4-150300.4.29.1
frr openSUSE:Leap 15.5All versions8.4-150500.4.26.1
frr openSUSE:Leap 15.6All versions8.4-150500.4.26.1
frr openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions10.0.1-2.1

Products include Frrouting Frrouting, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2024-44070?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2024-44070 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44070 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-47862, AZL-47868, CLSA-2025-1738265190, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44070, GHSA-88xw-q94w-q9mr, SUSE-SU-2024:3090-1 and 6 more.

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