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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : FRR vulnerabilities (USN-6136-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176713

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 22.10 / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6136-1 advisory.

 - 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 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)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6136-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176713

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6136-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:frr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:frr-pythontools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:frr-rpki-rtrlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:frr-snmp

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31489, CVE-2023-31490

USN: 6136-1