UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38283

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38283

    Published: 29 Aug 2023Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-38283

    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://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

    Package

    Name: openbgpd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/openbgpd?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    7.0-1

    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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