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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0: RHSA-2023-5457 Important: frr Security Update

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2023
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The latest advisory from Red Hat highlights significant security updates for frr, addressing vital vulnerabilities in BGP message parsing.
An update for frr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD.
Security Fix(es):
* frr: Incorrect handling of a error in parsing of an invalid section of a BGP update can de-peer a router (CVE-2023-38802)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat important networking BGP frr

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38802 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0):
Source: frr-8.0-5.el9_0.1.src.rpm
aarch64: frr-8.0-5.el9_0.1.aarch64.rpm frr-debuginfo-8.0-5.el9_0.1.aarch64.rpm frr-debugsource-8.0-5.el9_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: frr-8.0-5.el9_0.1.ppc64le.rpm frr-debuginfo-8.0-5.el9_0.1.ppc64le.rpm frr-debugsource-8.0-5.el9_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: frr-8.0-5.el9_0.1.s390x.rpm frr-debuginfo-8.0-5.el9_0.1.s390x.rpm frr-debugsource-8.0-5.el9_0.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: frr-8.0-5.el9_0.1.x86_64.rpm frr-debuginfo-8.0-5.el9_0.1.x86_64.rpm frr-debugsource-8.0-5.el9_0.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5457-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5457
Issue date: 2023-10-05

Topic

An update for frr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat important networking BGP frr

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2230983 - CVE-2023-38802 frr: Incorrect handling of a error in parsing of an invalid section of a BGP update can de-peer a router

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