SUSE-SU-2023:3709-1: Security update for frr

Published Sep 20, 2023
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Updated

This update for frr fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-38802: Fixed bad length handling in BGP attribute handling (bsc#1213284). CVE-2023-41358: Fixed crash in bgpd/bgppacket.c (bsc#1214735). CVE-2023-41360: Fixed out-of-bounds read in bgpd/bgppacket.c (bsc#1214739). CVE-2023-3748: Fixed inifinite loop in babld message parsing may cause DoS (bsc#1213434). CVE-2023-41909: Fixed NULL pointer dereference due to processing in bgpnlriparseflowspec (bsc#1215065).

Affected Software

30 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
Any of the following
suse/libfrrcares0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr-debugsource<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrospfapiclient0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrsnmp0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrsnmp0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrzmq0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrzmq0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrcares0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrospfapiclient0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrr0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr-devel<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrr0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
All of the following
SUSE Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libfrrcares0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr-debugsource<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrospfapiclient0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrsnmp0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrsnmp0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrzmq0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrzmq0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrcares0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrrospfapiclient0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrr0-debuginfo<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr-devel<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/libfrr0<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1
suse/frr<8.4-150500.4.8.1
8.4-150500.4.8.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrcares0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/frr-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrospfapiclient0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrsnmp0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrsnmp0-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrzmq0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrzmq0-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrcares0-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/frr-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrrospfapiclient0-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrr0-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/frr-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libfrr0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/frr to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4-150500.4.8.1
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-2023-3709=1
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3709=1
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3709=1

Event History

Sep 20, 2023
Advisory Published
08:30 PM

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