{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "8.1"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "889ed3953f0cba6ba512c4bfa87c7e2aa3f48586"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/openbgpd-portable/openbgpd-portable",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "In OpenBGPD before 8.1, incorrect handling of BGP update data (length of path attributes) set by a potentially distant remote actor may cause the system to incorrectly reset a session. This is fixed in OpenBSD 7.3 errata 006.",
  "id": "CVE-2023-38283",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:46:51.240752482Z",
  "published": "2023-08-29T16:15:08.960Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbgpd-portable/openbgpd-portable/releases/tag/8.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openbsd.org/errata73.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/7.3/common/006_bgpd.patch.sig"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37305800"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/bgp-path-attributes-grave-error-handling"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}