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High ALSA-2023:5219 1 CVE

Important: frr security and bug fix update

Published Sep 19, 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.

Bug Fix(es):

* BFD crash in FRR running in MetalLB (BZ#2231829)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 frr 7.5.1-7.el8_8.2.alma.1
AlmaLinux · 8 frr-selinux 7.5.1-7.el8_8.2.alma.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38802
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2230983
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5219.html