USN-6136-1: FRR vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 June 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in FRR.


Packages

  • frr - FRRouting suite of internet protocols

Details

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
23.04. (CVE-2023-31489)

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-31490)

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
23.04. (CVE-2023-31489)

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-31490)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.04 lunar frr –  8.4.2-1ubuntu1.1
22.10 kinetic frr –  8.1-1ubuntu3.2
22.04 jammy frr –  8.1-1ubuntu1.4

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