ALSA-2023:6434

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    ALSA-2023:6434

    Published: 7 Nov 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: frr security and bug fix 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: Reachable assertion in peek_for_as4_capability function (CVE-2022-36440) * frr: denial of service by crafting a BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff (CVE-2022-40302) * frr: denial of service by crafting a BGP OPEN message with an option of type in bgp_open_option_parse in the bgp_open.c 0xff (CVE-2022-40318) * frr: out-of-bounds read exists in the BGP daemon of FRRouting (CVE-2022-43681) 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.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: frr

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/frr

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.3.1-11.el9_3.alma.1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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