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USN-6136-1: FRR vulnerabilities

5 June 2023

Several security issues were fixed in FRR.

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Releases

Packages

  • frr - FRRouting suite of internet protocols

Details

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
23.04. (CVE-2023-31489)

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled parsing certain BGP
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-31490)

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Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Related notices

  • USN-6323-1: frr-snmp, frr-rpki-rtrlib, frr-pythontools, frr-doc, frr