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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: frr (CVE-2023-46753)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185476

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of frr installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-46753 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0.1. A crash can occur for a crafted BGP UPDATE message without mandatory attributes, e.g., one with only an unknown transit attribute. (CVE-2023-46753)

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 packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46753

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185476

File Name: mariner_frr_CVE-2023-46753.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/12/2023

Updated: 11/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46753

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:frr, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:frr-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46753