CVE-2023-39915 — NLnet Labs' Routinator up to and including version 0

NLnet Labs' Routinator up to and including version 0.12.1 may crash when trying to parse certain malformed RPKI objects. This is due to insufficient input checking in the bcder library covered by CVE-2023-39914.

01What is this vulnerability?

NLnet Labs' Routinator up to and including version 0.12.1 may crash when trying to parse certain malformed RPKI objects. This is due to insufficient input checking in the bcder library covered by CVE-2023-39914.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
NLnet Labs	Routinator	*, 0.12.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-09-13T14:20:59.967Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-12T13:22:03.133Z

09References

• nlnetlabs.nl — https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/routinator/CVE-2023-39915.txt