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Medium ALSA-2024:2981 5 CVEs

Moderate: frr security update

Published May 22, 2024 · 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: missing length check in bgp_attr_psid_sub() can lead do DoS (CVE-2023-31490)
* frr: processes invalid NLRIs if attribute length is zero (CVE-2023-41358)
* frr: NULL pointer dereference in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec() in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c (CVE-2023-41909)
* frr: mishandled malformed data leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46752)
* frr: crafted BGP UPDATE message leading to a crash (CVE-2023-46753)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 frr 7.5.1-22.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 frr-selinux 7.5.1-22.el8

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31490
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41358
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-41909
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46752
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46753
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2235839
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2237416
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2238992
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2246379
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2246381
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-2981.html