CVE-2017-15865

high
Published 2017-11-08 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

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

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker ยท View original โ†— ยท DFSG

CVE-2017-15865 NameCVE-2017-15865 Descriptionbgpd 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-690โ€ฆ

CVE-2017-15865

NameCVE-2017-15865
Descriptionbgpd 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).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
frr (PTS)bullseye7.5.1-1.1+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)7.5.1-1.1+deb11u4fixed
bookworm8.4.4-1.1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)8.4.4-1.1~deb12u2fixed
trixie10.3-3fixed
trixie (security)10.3-3+deb13u1fixed
forky10.6.1-1fixed
sid10.6.1-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
frrsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- frr <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload)

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Apply commands

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Notes
- frr <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload)

OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
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debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 0
sid Fixed 0
forky Fixed 0
bullseye Fixed 0
bookworm Fixed 0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
frroutingfrrouting{"endExcluding":"2.0.2"}2.0.2
frroutingfrrouting3.0
frroutingfrrouting3.0.1

References

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.