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MiracleLinux 9 : frr-8.3.1-11.el9.ML.1 (AXSA:2023-6853:07)

high Nessus Plugin ID 291910

Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

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

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/18037

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 291910

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2023-6853.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2022-36440

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: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:frr, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:frr-selinux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36440, CVE-2022-40302, CVE-2022-40318, CVE-2022-43681