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Oracle Linux 8 : frr (ELSA-2023-5219)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181654

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-5219 advisory.

 - 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)

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

Solution

Update the affected frr and / or frr-selinux packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-5219.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181654

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-5219.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2023

Updated: 9/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-38802

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:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:frr, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:frr-selinux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38802