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CVE-2023-41359

frr: out of bounds read in bgp_attr_aigp_valid

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 29, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in FRRouting that involves a heap-based buffer overflow in the bgp_attr_aigp_valid() function within bgpd/bgp_attr.c. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send specially crafted data to the application, initiating an out-of-bounds read error and executing a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Statement

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, the vulnerable code is not included. It was added in FRR-8.5 in upstream. The highest version of FRR utilized in RHEL-8 is 7.5. Hence, versions of FRR shipped with RHEL-8 are not affected by this vulnerability.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read