CVE-2017-15865 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the bgpd component of FRRouting (FRR) versions prior to 2.0.2 and 3.0.2, affecting products like Cumulus Linux before 3.4.3. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed BGP UPDATE packet to a connected peer, causing the transmission of several thousand unintended bytes of data due to an attribute length mishandling. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high impact on confidentiality with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:3.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frrouting:frrouting:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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