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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS USN-6794-1: FRR Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Updates addressing various security vulnerabilities in FRR across numerous Ubuntu versions have been released, promoting increased reliability.
Several security issues were fixed in FRR.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in FRR.

Software Description:

- frr: FRRouting suite of internet protocols

Details:

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled certain malformed BGP and

OSPF packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FRR to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update Ubuntu vulnerability FRRouting

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   frr                             8.4.4-1.1ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 23.10
   frr                             8.4.4-1.1ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   frr                             8.1-1ubuntu1.10

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6794-1

CVE-2024-31948, CVE-2024-31950, CVE-2024-31951, CVE-2024-34088

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6794-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update Ubuntu vulnerability FRRouting

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/frr/8.4.4-1.1ubuntu6.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/frr/8.4.4-1.1ubuntu1.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/frr/8.1-1ubuntu1.10

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