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High ALSA-2023:5194 1 CVE

Important: frr security update

Published Sep 18, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 frr 8.3.1-5.el9_2.2.alma
AlmaLinux · 9 frr-selinux 8.3.1-5.el9_2.2.alma

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38802
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2230983
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5194.html