USN-7230-3: FRR regression

Published Nov 5, 2026
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Updated

USN-7230-2 fixed vulnerabilities in FRR. Unfortunately, the fix for CVE-2024-55553 introduced a regression in RPKI support, causing FRR to stop processing RPKI updates after the first one, so routes were not revalidated when RPKI data changed. In Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, the BGP daemon also failed to start when the RPKI module was enabled. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Iggy Frankovic discovered that FRR incorrectly handled 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 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-44070) It was discovered that FRR re-validated all routes in certain instances when the internal socket's buffer size overflowed. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to impact the performance of FRR, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-55553)

Affected Software

8 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
ubuntu/frr-rpki-rtrlib<8.4.4-1.1ubuntu6.8
8.4.4-1.1ubuntu6.8
Ubuntu Ubuntu=24.04
All of the following
ubuntu/frr-rpki-rtrlib<8.1-1ubuntu1.17
8.1-1ubuntu1.17
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/frr<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/frr-rpki-rtrlib<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/frr-rpki-rtrlib to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.4.4-1.1ubuntu6.8
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/frr-rpki-rtrlib to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 8.1-1ubuntu1.17
  3. Upgrade

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

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/frr-rpki-rtrlib to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade FRR to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch USN-7230-2
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade FRR to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch USN-7230-3

Event History

Nov 5, 2026
Advisory Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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