CVE-2023-38406 (GCVE-0-2023-38406)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:10
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Summary
bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c in FRRouting (FRR) before 8.4.3 mishandles an nlri length of zero, aka a "flowspec overflow."
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