RHEL 9 : frr (RHSA-2024:1093)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191545

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for frr.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1093 advisory.

- ffr: Flowspec overflow in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c (CVE-2023-38406)

- ffr: Out of bounds read in bgpd/bgp_label.c (CVE-2023-38407)

- frr: crash from specially crafted MP_UNREACH_NLRI-containing BGP UPDATE message (CVE-2023-47234)

- frr: crash from malformed EOR-containing BGP UPDATE message (CVE-2023-47235)

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 RHEL frr package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1093.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?de9a44c9

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248207

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248208

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248526

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248528

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1093

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191545

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1093.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/5/2024

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38406

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:frr-selinux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38406, CVE-2023-38407, CVE-2023-47234, CVE-2023-47235

CWE: 119, 125, 400

RHSA: 2024:1093