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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7661-1
July 22, 2025

gobgp vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in GoBGP.

Software Description:
- gobgp: BGP implementation in Go

Details:

It was discovered that GoBGP did not properly manage memory under
certain circumstances, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-46565)

It was discovered that GoBGP did not properly verify the length of
certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
panic resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2025-43970, CVE-2025-43971, CVE-2025-43972, CVE-2025-43973)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  gobgpd                          3.23.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  golang-github-osrg-gobgp-dev    3.23.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  gobgpd                          2.25.0-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  golang-github-osrg-gobgp-dev    2.25.0-3ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  gobgpd                          2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  golang-github-osrg-gobgp-dev    2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  gobgpd                          1.29-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  golang-github-osrg-gobgp-dev    1.29-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7661-1
  CVE-2023-46565, CVE-2025-43970, CVE-2025-43971, CVE-2025-43972,
  CVE-2025-43973