ubuntu-cve-2026-48691
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-05-26 17:16
Modified
2026-06-16 03:06
Summary
Details

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an integer overflow in the BGP AS_PATH attribute encoder. In src/bgp_protocol.hpp, the IPv4UnicastAnnounce::get_attributes() function computes attribute_length as 'sizeof(bgp_as_path_segment_element_t) + this->as_path_asns.size() * sizeof(uint32_t)' and stores it in a uint8_t field (line 600-605). Since uint8_t can only hold values 0-255, an AS_PATH containing more than 63 ASNs (2 + 64*4 = 258 > 255) causes silent truncation. The truncated length is used for buffer sizing, while the actual data written is the full untruncated amount, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. Similarly, the path_segment_length field at line 621 is also uint8_t, truncating with more than 255 ASNs.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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        "binaries": [
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            "binary_version": "1.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
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      },
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        "1.2.6-1",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an integer overflow in the BGP AS_PATH attribute encoder. In src/bgp_protocol.hpp, the IPv4UnicastAnnounce::get_attributes() function computes attribute_length as \u0027sizeof(bgp_as_path_segment_element_t) + this-\u003eas_path_asns.size() * sizeof(uint32_t)\u0027 and stores it in a uint8_t field (line 600-605). Since uint8_t can only hold values 0-255, an AS_PATH containing more than 63 ASNs (2 + 64*4 = 258 \u003e 255) causes silent truncation. The truncated length is used for buffer sizing, while the actual data written is the full untruncated amount, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. Similarly, the path_segment_length field at line 621 is also uint8_t, truncating with more than 255 ASNs.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-48691",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T03:06:13Z",
  "published": "2026-05-26T17:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-48691"
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    {
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48691"
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      "url": "https://lorikeetsecurity.com/blog/fastnetmon-cve-2026-48691-bgp-as-path-overflow"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/commit/94c66d5b100c42fb8bd10a22ca595e46895d60d0"
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      "url": "https://github.com/pavel-odintsov/fastnetmon/pull/1054"
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8429-1"
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      "score": "medium",
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    "CVE-2026-48691"
  ]
}



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