ALSA-2023:5194

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    ALSA-2023:5194

    Published: 18 Sept 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Important: frr security update

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5194, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38802, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2230983, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5194.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: frr

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/frr

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.3.1-5.el9_2.2.alma

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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