An issue was discovered in bgpd in FRRouting (FRR) through 8.4. By crafting a BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff (Extended Length from RFC 9072), attackers may cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon restart, or out-of-bounds read). This is possible because of inconsistent boundary checks that do not account for reading 3 bytes (instead of 2) in this 0xff case. NOTE: this behavior occurs in bgp_open_option_parse in the bgp_open.c file, a different location (with a different attack vector) relative to CVE-2022-40302.

The Rocky Linux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_0417 advisory.

    This advisory aggregates security fixes for the frr SRPM in CIQ LTS 9.2. It addresses 4 CVEs:
    CVE-2022-36440, CVE-2022-40302, CVE-2022-40318, CVE-2022-43681.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1778238289 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in bgpd in FRRouting (FRR) through 8.4. By crafting a BGP OPEN message with an     option of type 0xff (Extended Length from RFC 9072), attackers may cause a denial of service (assertion     failure and daemon restart, or out-of-bounds read). This is possible because of inconsistent boundary     checks that do not account for reading 3 bytes (instead of 2) in this 0xff case. NOTE: this behavior     occurs in bgp_open_option_parse in the bgp_open.c file, a different location (with a different attack     vector) relative to CVE-2022-40302. (CVE-2022-40318)

  - An out-of-bounds read exists in the BGP daemon of FRRouting FRR through 8.4. When sending a malformed BGP     OPEN message that ends with the option length octet (or the option length word, in case of an extended     OPEN message), the FRR code reads of out of the bounds of the packet, throwing a SIGABRT signal and     exiting. This results in a bgpd daemon restart, causing a Denial-of-Service condition. (CVE-2022-43681)

  - An issue found in Frrouting bgpd v.8.4.2 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the     bgp_capability_llgr() function. (CVE-2023-31489)

  - An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0.1. It mishandles malformed MP_REACH_NLRI data,     leading to a crash. (CVE-2023-46752)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2023-6853:07 advisory.

    * 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6434 advisory.

    [8.3.1-11]
    - Resolves: RHEL-2263 - bgpd: Do not explicitly print MAXTTL value for ebgp-multihop vty output

    [8.3.1-10]
    - Related: #2216912 - adding sys_admin to capabilities

    [8.3.1-9]
    - Resolves: #2215346 - frr policy does not allow the execution of /usr/sbin/ipsec

    [8.3.1-8]
    - Resolves: #2216912 - SELinux is preventing FRR-Zebra to access to network namespaces

    [8.3.1-7]
    - Resolves: #2168855 - BFD not working through VRF

    [8.3.1-6]
    - Resolves: #2184870 - Reachable assertion in peek_for_as4_capability function
    - Resolves: #2196795 - denial of service by crafting a BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff
    - Resolves: #2196796 - denial of service by crafting a BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff
    - Resolves: #2196794 - out-of-bounds read exists in the BGP daemon of FRRouting

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6434 advisory.

    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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3573 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3573-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                      Markus Koschany     September 19, 2023                            https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : frr     Version        : 7.5.1-1.1+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2022-36440 CVE-2022-40302 CVE-2022-40318 CVE-2022-43681                      CVE-2023-31490 CVE-2023-38802 CVE-2023-41358 CVE-2023-41360                      CVE-2023-41361 CVE-2023-41909     Debian Bug     : 1035829 1036062

    Multiple security vulnerabilities were found in frr, the FRRouting suite     of internet protocols. Maliciously constructed Border Gateway Protocol     (BGP) packages or corrupted tunnel attributes may cause a denial of service     (application crash) which could be exploited by a remote attacker.

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     7.5.1-1.1+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your frr packages.

    For the detailed security status of frr please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/frr

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
    signature.asc     Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5495 advisory.

  - A reachable assertion was found in Frrouting frr-bgpd 8.3.0 in the peek_for_as4_capability function.
    Attackers can maliciously construct BGP open packets and send them to BGP peers running frr-bgpd,     resulting in DoS. (CVE-2022-36440)

  - An issue was discovered in bgpd in FRRouting (FRR) through 8.4. By crafting a BGP OPEN message with an     option of type 0xff (Extended Length from RFC 9072), attackers may cause a denial of service (assertion     failure and daemon restart, or out-of-bounds read). This is possible because of inconsistent boundary     checks that do not account for reading 3 bytes (instead of 2) in this 0xff case. (CVE-2022-40302)

  - An issue was discovered in bgpd in FRRouting (FRR) through 8.4. By crafting a BGP OPEN message with an     option of type 0xff (Extended Length from RFC 9072), attackers may cause a denial of service (assertion     failure and daemon restart, or out-of-bounds read). This is possible because of inconsistent boundary     checks that do not account for reading 3 bytes (instead of 2) in this 0xff case. NOTE: this behavior     occurs in bgp_open_option_parse in the bgp_open.c file, a different location (with a different attack     vector) relative to CVE-2022-40302. (CVE-2022-40318)

  - An out-of-bounds read exists in the BGP daemon of FRRouting FRR through 8.4. When sending a malformed BGP     OPEN message that ends with the option length octet (or the option length word, in case of an extended     OPEN message), the FRR code reads of out of the bounds of the packet, throwing a SIGABRT signal and     exiting. This results in a bgpd daemon restart, causing a Denial-of-Service condition. (CVE-2022-43681)

  - An issue found in Frrouting bgpd v.8.4.2 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the     bgp_attr_psid_sub() function. (CVE-2023-31490)

  - FRRouting FRR 7.5.1 through 9.0 and Pica8 PICOS 4.3.3.2 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of     service via a crafted BGP update with a corrupted attribute 23 (Tunnel Encapsulation). (CVE-2023-38802)

  - An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgpd/bgp_packet.c processes NLRIs if the attribute     length is zero. (CVE-2023-41358)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
357243	Rocky Linux 9.2 [CIQ] Security Update: frr / frr-debuginfo / frr-debugsource / frr-selinux Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_0417)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
351852	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: frr / frr-selinux Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1778238289)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
291910	MiracleLinux 9 : frr-8.3.1-11.el9.ML.1 (AXSA:2023-6853:07)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
185875	Oracle Linux 9 : frr (ELSA-2023-6434)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
185113	RHEL 9 : frr (RHSA-2023:6434)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
181647	Debian dla-3573 : frr - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical
181250	Debian DSA-5495-1 : frr - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high

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