CVE-2017-15865
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).
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101794
- https://frrouting.org/community/security.html
- https://lists.cumulusnetworks.com/pipermail/cumulus-security-announce/2017-November/000009.html
- https://support.cumulusnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014754307#rn690
- https://support.cumulusnetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014778107-CVE-2017-15865-Malformed-BGP-UPDATE-Triggers-Information-Disclosure
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15865.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15865
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.