High severity · published Apr 3, 2023
CVE-2022-36440
A reachable assertion was found in Frrouting frr-bgpd 8.3.0 in the peek_for_as4_capability function
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A reachable assertion was found in Frrouting frr-bgpd 8.3.0 in the peek_for_as4_capability function. Attackers can maliciously construct BGP open packets and send them to BGP peers running frr-bgpd, resulting in DoS.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 37; 38 · source: NVD
FR
Frrouting · Frrouting
8.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36440
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36440
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/spwpun/pocs
Exploit
https://github.com/spwpun/pocs/blob/main/frr-bgpd.md
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00020.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3HU4PKLUVB5CTMOVQ2GV33TNUNMJCBGD/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBXEXL2ZQBWCBLNUP6P67FHECXQWSK3L/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GM66PNHGCXZU66LQCTP2FSJLFF6CVMSI/
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