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CVE-2023-38407 (GCVE-0-2023-38407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:10
VLAI
Summary
bgpd/bgp_label.c in FRRouting (FRR) before 8.5 attempts to read beyond the end of the stream during labeled unicast parsing.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-01 14:53 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
frrouting frrouting Affected: 0 , < 8.5 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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