{"id":"CVE-2017-15865","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15865","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:09:35.099Z","title":"bgpd in FRRouting (FRR) before 2.0.2 and 3.x before 3.0.2, as used in Cumulus Linux before 3.4.3 and other products, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a malformed BGP UPDATE packet from a connected peer, which triggers…","description":"bgpd in FRRouting (FRR) before 2.0.2 and 3.x before 3.0.2, as used in Cumulus Linux before 3.4.3 and other products, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a malformed BGP UPDATE packet from a connected peer, which triggers transmission of up to a few thousand unintended bytes because of a mishandled attribute length, aka RN-690 (CM-18492).","published":"2017-11-08T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["frrouting/frrouting"],"epss":{"score":0.02494,"percentile":0.84583,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101794","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://frrouting.org/community/security.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.cumulusnetworks.com/pipermail/cumulus-security-announce/2017-November/000009.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.cumulusnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014754307#rn690","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.cumulusnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014778107-CVE-2017-15865-Malformed-BGP-UPDATE-Triggers-Information-Disclosure","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101794","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://frrouting.org/community/security.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.cumulusnetworks.com/pipermail/cumulus-security-announce/2017-November/000009.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.cumulusnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014754307#rn690","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.cumulusnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014778107-CVE-2017-15865-Malformed-BGP-UPDATE-Triggers-Information-Disclosure","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15865","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}