UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38283
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38283
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38283.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38283
- Related
- Published
- 2023-08-29T16:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-23T15:09:11Z
- Severity
-
- 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In OpenBGPD before 8.1, incorrect handling of BGP update data (length of path attributes) set by a potentially distant remote actor may cause the system to incorrectly reset a session. This is fixed in OpenBSD 7.3 errata 006.
- References
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- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38283
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37305800
- https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.3/common/006_bgpd.patch.sig
- https://www.openbsd.org/errata73.html
- https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/bgp-path-attributes-grave-error-handling
- https://github.com/openbgpd-portable/openbgpd-portable/releases/tag/8.1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38283
Affected packages
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / openbgpd
Package
- Name
- openbgpd
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/openbgpd@7.2-1?arch=source&distro=jammy
Ubuntu:24.10 / openbgpd
Package
- Name
- openbgpd
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/openbgpd@8.5-1?arch=source&distro=oracular
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / openbgpd
Package
- Name
- openbgpd
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/openbgpd@8.3-1build2?arch=source&distro=noble