CVE-2023-46753

5.9 MEDIUM

Published: October 26, 2023 Modified: November 04, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0.1. A crash can occur for a crafted BGP UPDATE message without mandatory attributes, e.g., one with only an unknown transit attribute.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/pull/14645/commits/d8482bf011cb2b173e85b65b4bf3d5061250cdb9

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00019.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/pull/14645/commits/d8482bf011cb2b173e85b65b4bf3d5061250cdb9

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00019.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00007.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

5.9 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

27th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-863

Affected Vendors

frrouting

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