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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-36440

Attackers can maliciously construct BGP open packets and send them to BGP peers running frr-bgpd, resulting in DoS.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.64%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A reachable assertion was found in Frrouting frr-bgpd 8.3.0 in the peek_for_as4_capability function. Attackers can maliciously construct BGP open packets and send them to BGP peers running frr-bgpd, resulting in DoS.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.64% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
frrouting/frrouting · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.