Cisco IOS XR 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (process crash) via vectors involving a BGP UPDATE message with many AS numbers prepended to the AS path.

Cisco IOS XR 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a long BGP UPDATE message, as demonstrated by a message with many AS numbers in the AS Path Attribute.

Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session reset) via a BGP UPDATE message with an invalid attribute, as demonstrated in the wild on 17 August 2009.