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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-31489 json

An issue found in Frrouting bgpd v.8.4.2 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the bgp_capability_llgr() function.

published 2023-05-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-35794

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue found in Frrouting bgpd v.8.4.2 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the bgp_capability_llgr() function.

Patch / fix

  • frr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8.4.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31489

  • frr RHEL 9 8.5.3-4.el9
  • frr-selinux RHEL 9 8.5.3-4.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:2156

  • frr SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.6 +1 more 8.5.6-150500.4.30.1
  • frr SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 8.4-150500.4.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:4090-1SUSE-SU-2023:2518-1

  • frr openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.4-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12967-1

  • frr AlmaLinux 9 8.5.3-4.el9
  • frr-selinux AlmaLinux 9 8.5.3-4.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2156

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-31489 updated cvss 5.5

frr: incorrect length check in bgp_capability_llgr() can lead do DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) frr 8.5.3-4.el9, frr-selinux 8.5.3-4.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2156
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 frr, frr-contrib, frr-selinux
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/issues/13098 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Sources

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