CVE-2023-38283

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    CVE-2023-38283

    Published: 29 Aug 2023Last Modified: 25 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    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: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.3/common/006_bgpd.patch.sig, https://github.com/openbgpd-portable/openbgpd-portable/releases/tag/8.1, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37305800, https://www.openbsd.org/errata73.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38283.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38283, https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/bgp-path-attributes-grave-error-handling

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -889ed3953f0cba6ba512c4bfa87c7e2aa3f48586

    Affected versions

    8.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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