CVE-2009-0780 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The aspath_prepend function in rde_attr.c in bgpd in OpenBSD 4.3 and 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an Autonomous System (AS) advertisement containing a long AS path.

Published: 2009-03-04

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-0780	The aspath_prepend function in rde_attr.c in bgpd in OpenBSD 4.3 and 4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an Autonomous System (AS) advertisement containing a long AS path.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0119.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openbsd.org/errata43.html#010_bgpd
http://openbsd.org/errata44.html#010_bgpd
http://osvdb.org/52271
http://secunia.com/advisories/33975
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33828
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021736
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48812

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-03-04T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:48:52.183Z

Reserved: 2009-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0780

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-03-04T11:30:00.453

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0780

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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