Input validation error in BIRD Internet Routing Daemon - CVE-2025-59688

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Input validation error in BIRD Internet Routing Daemon - CVE-2025-59688

Published: September 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116014
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59688
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted BGP packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
Fedora
bird

How to mitigate CVE-2025-59688

Install updates from vendor's website.

BIRD Internet Routing Daemon - addressed in versions 3.0.5, 3.1.4
bird - addressed in versions 3.1.4-1.el8, 3.1.4-1.el9, 3.1.4-1.el10_0, 3.1.4-1.el10_1, 3.1.4-1.el10_2, 3.1.4-1.fc41, 3.1.4-1.fc42, 3.1.4-1.fc43

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