CVE-2023-41359
frr: out of bounds read in bgp_attr_aigp_valid
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read