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Fedora 43 : bird (2026-564680920c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 321464

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-564680920c advisory.

 # BIRD 3.3.1 (2026-06-09)

 * BGP: Fix crash when incoming connection for disabled protocol arrives
 * BGP: Fix parsing labelled NLRIs with no next hop
 * BGP: Fix cork behavior in collision with graceful restart
 * BGP: Fix crash on dumping pending export statistics
 * BGP: Fix several issues in Flowspec handling
 * BMP/Nest: No refeed after listener or protocol restart
 * MPLS: Fix crash on reconfiguring `CS_DOWN` channel
 * OSPF: Fix handling of LLS data length field
 * OSPF: Fix OOB read in authentication check
 * OSPF: Fix OOB read in Router-LSA validation
 * Proto: Fix regression in protocol enabling
 * Channel: Fix refeeds and reloads during graceful restart
 * Export: Mitigate duplicate withdrawals
 * Filters: Fix crash when setting gateway on recursive nexthops
 * Filters: Fix path matching when AS path is too long
 * Table: Fix RCU double-anchor
 * Table: Propagate thread group config into aux
 * RCU: Catch leaks sooner

 See also: https://trubka.network.cz/pipermail/bird-users/2026-June/018790.html

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

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 bird package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-564680920c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 321464

File Name: fedora_2026-564680920c.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2026

Updated: 6/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bird, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information