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Oracle Linux 9 : frr (ELSA-2023-6434)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185875

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6434 advisory.

 [8.3.1-11]
 - Resolves: RHEL-2263 - bgpd: Do not explicitly print MAXTTL value for ebgp-multihop vty output

 [8.3.1-10]
 - Related: #2216912 - adding sys_admin to capabilities

 [8.3.1-9]
 - Resolves: #2215346 - frr policy does not allow the execution of /usr/sbin/ipsec

 [8.3.1-8]
 - Resolves: #2216912 - SELinux is preventing FRR-Zebra to access to network namespaces

 [8.3.1-7]
 - Resolves: #2168855 - BFD not working through VRF

 [8.3.1-6]
 - Resolves: #2184870 - Reachable assertion in peek_for_as4_capability function
 - Resolves: #2196795 - denial of service by crafting a BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff
 - Resolves: #2196796 - denial of service by crafting a BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff
 - Resolves: #2196794 - out-of-bounds read exists in the BGP daemon of FRRouting

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected frr and / or frr-selinux packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6434.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185875

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6434.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36440

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:frr, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9:3:appstream_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:frr-selinux, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36440, CVE-2022-40302, CVE-2022-40318, CVE-2022-43681