Vulnerabilities / CVE-2023-38406

critical

CVE-2023-38406

ffr: Flowspec overflow in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c

Published Modified CWE 755
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), AlmaLinux (medium), Oracle (medium), Rocky Linux (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c in FRRouting (FRR) before 8.4.3 mishandles an nlri length of zero, aka a "flowspec overflow."

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alma 8frr, frr-selinux7.5.1-13.el8_9.3.alma.1
alma 9frr, frr-selinux8.3.1-11.el9_3.2.alma.1
debian 10frr7.5.1-1.1+deb10u2
debian 11frr7.5.1-1.1+deb11u3
debian 12frr8.4.4-1.1~deb12u1
debian 13frr8.4.4-1
debian 14frr8.4.4-1
echofrr8.4.4-1.1~deb12u1
Oracle Linux 8frr, frr-selinux7.5.1-13.el8_9.3
Oracle Linux 9frr, frr-selinux8.3.1-11.el9_3.2
rapidfort Oracle Linux 9frr, frr-selinux0:8.3.1-11.el9_3.2
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04frr, rf-frr0:8.1-1ubuntu1.8
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SourcePackageFixed in
alma 8frr7.5.1-13.el8_9.3.alma.1
alma 8frr-selinux7.5.1-13.el8_9.3.alma.1
alma 9frr8.3.1-11.el9_3.2.alma.1
alma 9frr-selinux8.3.1-11.el9_3.2.alma.1
debian 10frr7.5.1-1.1+deb10u2
debian 11frr7.5.1-1.1+deb11u3
debian 12frr8.4.4-1.1~deb12u1
debian 13frr8.4.4-1
debian 14frr8.4.4-1
echofrr8.4.4-1.1~deb12u1
Oracle Linux 8frr7.5.1-13.el8_9.3
Oracle Linux 8frr-selinux7.5.1-13.el8_9.3
Oracle Linux 9frr8.3.1-11.el9_3.2
Oracle Linux 9frr-selinux8.3.1-11.el9_3.2
rapidfort Oracle Linux 9frr0:8.3.1-11.el9_3.2
rapidfort Oracle Linux 9frr-selinux0:8.3.1-11.el9_3.2
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04frr0:8.1-1ubuntu1.8
rapidfort ubuntu 20.04rf-frr0:8.1-1ubuntu1.8
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04frr0:8.1-1ubuntu1.8
rapidfort ubuntu 22.04rf-frr0:8.1-1ubuntu1.8
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04frr0:8.1-1ubuntu1.8
rapidfort ubuntu 24.04rf-frr0:8.1-1ubuntu1.8
rocky 8frr7.5.1-13.el8_9.3
rocky 8frr-selinux7.5.1-13.el8_9.3
ubuntu 20.04-ESMfrr7.2.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
ubuntu 22.04frr8.1-1ubuntu1.8
ubuntu 23.04frr8.4.2-1ubuntu1.6

References

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