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Posted on 18 September 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: frr security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5195-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5195
Issue date: 2023-09-18
CVE Names: CVE-2023-38802
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1. Summary:
An update for frr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* BFD crash in FRR running in MetalLB (BZ#2231830)
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
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
2231830 - BFD crash in FRR running in MetalLB [rhel-8.6.0.z]
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6):
Source:
frr-7.5-11.el8_6.2.src.rpm
aarch64:
frr-7.5-11.el8_6.2.aarch64.rpm
frr-debuginfo-7.5-11.el8_6.2.aarch64.rpm
frr-debugsource-7.5-11.el8_6.2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
frr-7.5-11.el8_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
frr-debuginfo-7.5-11.el8_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
frr-debugsource-7.5-11.el8_6.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
frr-7.5-11.el8_6.2.s390x.rpm
frr-debuginfo-7.5-11.el8_6.2.s390x.rpm
frr-debugsource-7.5-11.el8_6.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
frr-7.5-11.el8_6.2.x86_64.rpm
frr-debuginfo-7.5-11.el8_6.2.x86_64.rpm
frr-debugsource-7.5-11.el8_6.2.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38802
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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