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CVE-2023-41909

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd...

7.5 HighFix available

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.12%Up 1.1 points since Sep 5, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2023-41909
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2023-41909
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-46387 No score

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
EUVD-2023-46387
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qvhj-42gp-xfmw 7.5

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd...

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
GHSA-qvhj-42gp-xfmw
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-41909 7.5

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41909
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2024:2156 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: frr security update

Record
RHSA-2024:2156
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2024:2981 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: frr security update

Record
RHSA-2024:2981
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRLSA-2024:2981 7.5

Moderate: frr security update

FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD.

Security Fix(es):

  • frr: missing length check in bgp_attr_psid_sub() can lead do DoS (CVE-2023-31490)

  • frr: processes invalid NLRIs if attribute length is zero (CVE-2023-41358)

  • frr: NULL pointer dereference in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec() in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c (CVE-2023-41909)

  • frr: mishandled malformed data leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46752)

  • frr: crafted BGP UPDATE message leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46753)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.10 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
RLSA-2024:2981
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-41909 7.5

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41909
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2024:2156 No score

Moderate: frr security update

FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD.

Security Fix(es):

  • frr: incorrect length check in bgp_capability_llgr() can lead do DoS (CVE-2023-31489)
  • frr: missing length check in bgp_attr_psid_sub() can lead do DoS (CVE-2023-31490)
  • frr: processes invalid NLRIs if attribute length is zero (CVE-2023-41358)
  • frr: out of bounds read in bgp_attr_aigp_valid (CVE-2023-41359)
  • frr: NULL pointer dereference in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec() in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c (CVE-2023-41909)
  • frr: mishandled malformed data leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46752)
  • frr: crafted BGP UPDATE message leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46753)
  • frr: ahead-of-stream read of ORF header (CVE-2023-41360)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
ALSA-2024:2156
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALSA-2024:2981 No score

Moderate: frr security update

FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD.

Security Fix(es):

  • frr: missing length check in bgp_attr_psid_sub() can lead do DoS (CVE-2023-31490)
  • frr: processes invalid NLRIs if attribute length is zero (CVE-2023-41358)
  • frr: NULL pointer dereference in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec() in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c (CVE-2023-41909)
  • frr: mishandled malformed data leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46752)
  • frr: crafted BGP UPDATE message leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46753)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Record
ALSA-2024:2981
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2025-1762363302 No score

frr: Fix of 4 CVEs

  • CVE-2022-36440: fix heap-buffer-overflow in peek_for_as4_capability when reading BGP OPEN extended optional parameters
  • CVE-2023-31490: fix insufficient stream data validation in BGP prefix SID attributes processing
  • CVE-2023-38407: fix out-of-bounds read in BGP labeled unicast parsing
  • CVE-2023-41909: fix implicit withdrawal handling for BGP flowspec without attributes
Record
CLSA-2025-1762363302
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Record
CVE-2023-41909
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13238-1 No score

frr-8.4-6.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the frr-8.4-6.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13238-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:3709-1 No score

Security update for frr

This update for frr fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-38802: Fixed bad length handling in BGP attribute handling (bsc#1213284).
  • CVE-2023-41358: Fixed crash in bgpd/bgp_packet.c (bsc#1214735).
  • CVE-2023-41360: Fixed out-of-bounds read in bgpd/bgp_packet.c (bsc#1214739).
  • CVE-2023-3748: Fixed inifinite loop in babld message parsing may cause DoS (bsc#1213434).
  • CVE-2023-41909: Fixed NULL pointer dereference due to processing in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec (bsc#1215065).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:3709-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:3762-1 No score

Security update for frr

This update for frr fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-38802: Fixed bad length handling when processing BGP attributes. (bsc#1213284)
  • CVE-2023-41358: Fixed a possible crash when processing NLRIs with an attribute length of zero. (bsc#1214735)
  • CVE-2023-41909: Fixed NULL pointer dereference due to processing in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec (bsc#1215065).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:3762-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:4090-1 No score

Security update for frr

This update for frr fixes the following issues:

Update to frr 8.5.6 (jsc#PED-PED-11092) including fixes for:

  • CVE-2024-44070,CVE-2024-34088,CVE-2024-31951,CVE-2024-31950, CVE-2024-31948,CVE-2024-27913,CVE-2023-47235,CVE-2023-47234, CVE-2023-46753,CVE-2023-46752,CVE-2023-41909,CVE-2023-41360, CVE-2023-41358,CVE-2023-38802,CVE-2023-38407,CVE-2023-38406, CVE-2023-3748,CVE-2023-31490,CVE-2023-31489 and other bugfixes. See https://frrouting.org/release/8.5.6/ for details.

The most recent frr 8.x series provides several new features, improvements and bug fixes for various protocols and daemons, especially for PIM/PIMv6/BGP and VRF support.

See https://frrouting.org/release/8.5/ for details and links.

Record
SUSE-SU-2024:4090-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6436-1 No score

frr vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the FRR did not properly check the attribute length in NRLI. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-41358)

It was discovered that the FRR did not properly manage memory when reading initial bytes of ORF header. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-41360)

It was discovered that FRR did not properly validate the attributes in the BGP FlowSpec functionality. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-41909)

Record
USN-6436-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
frr
AlmaLinux:9
before 8.5.3-4.el9
8.5.3-4.el9
frr-selinux
AlmaLinux:9
before 8.5.3-4.el9
8.5.3-4.el9
frr
AlmaLinux:8
before 7.5.1-22.el8
7.5.1-22.el8
frr-selinux
AlmaLinux:8
before 7.5.1-22.el8
7.5.1-22.el8
frr
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
before 8.3.1-5.el9.2.alma.tuxcare.els2
8.3.1-5.el9.2.alma.tuxcare.els2
frr-selinux
TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2
before 8.3.1-5.el9.2.alma.tuxcare.els2
8.3.1-5.el9.2.alma.tuxcare.els2
frr
Debian:12
before 8.4.4-1, plus listed versions
8.4.2-1
8.4.4-1
frr
Debian:13
before 8.4.4-1
8.4.4-1
frr
Debian:14
before 8.4.4-1
8.4.4-1
frr
Debian:10
before 7.5.1-1.1+deb10u1, plus listed versions
6.0.2-26.0.2-2+deb10u16.0.2-2+deb10u27.2-17.2.1-1
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7.3.1-17.4-17.4-1.17.4-27.5-17.5.1-17.5.1-1.1
7.5.1-1.1+deb10u1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
frr
Debian:11
before 7.5.1-1.1+deb11u3, plus listed versions
7.5.1-1.17.5.1-1.1+deb11u17.5.1-1.1+deb11u2
7.5.1-1.1+deb11u3
frr
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:8.5.3-4.el9
0:8.5.3-4.el9
frr-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:8.5.3-4.el9
0:8.5.3-4.el9
frr-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:8.5.3-4.el9
0:8.5.3-4.el9
frr-selinux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
before 0:8.5.3-4.el9
0:8.5.3-4.el9
frr
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:7.5.1-22.el8
0:7.5.1-22.el8
frr-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:7.5.1-22.el8
0:7.5.1-22.el8
frr-debugsource
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:7.5.1-22.el8
0:7.5.1-22.el8
frr-selinux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:7.5.1-22.el8
0:7.5.1-22.el8
frr
Rocky Linux:8
before 0:7.5.1-22.el8
0:7.5.1-22.el8
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5
before 8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
frr
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
before 8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.2
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Manager Server 4.2
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
before 7.4-150300.4.17.1
7.4-150300.4.17.1
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5
before 8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
frr
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6
before 8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
frr
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
before 8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
frr
openSUSE:Leap 15.6
before 8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
frr
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 7.2.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1, plus listed versions
6.0.2-2build27.2-1ubuntu17.2-1ubuntu27.2.1-17.2.1-1ubuntu0.17.2.1-1ubuntu0.2
7.2.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
frr
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
before 8.1-1ubuntu1.6, plus listed versions
7.5.1-1.18.1-18.1-1ubuntu18.1-1ubuntu1.18.1-1ubuntu1.28.1-1ubuntu1.38.1-1ubuntu1.48.1-1ubuntu1.5
8.1-1ubuntu1.6
frr
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 8.4-6.1
8.4-6.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-41909 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Frrouting, published September 5, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in frr 8.5.3-4.el9.

References

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