Oracle Linux 9 : frr (ELSA-2024-2156)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 195033

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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-2024-2156 advisory.

[8.5.3-4]
- Resolves: RHEL-14825 - crafted BGP UPDATE message leading to a crash

[8.5.3-3]
- Resolves: RHEL-14822 - mishandled malformed data leading to a crash

[8.5.3-2]
- Resolves: RHEL-15915 - crash from specially crafted MP_UNREACH_NLRI-containing BGP UPDATE message
- Resolves: RHEL-15918 - crash from malformed EOR-containing BGP UPDATE message

[8.5.3-1]
- Resolves: RHEL-15291 - Rebase FRR to version 8.5.3 in RHEL9

[8.3.1-12]
- Resolves: RHEL-3541 - Incorrect handling of a error in parsing of an invalid section of a BGP update can de-peer a router

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 195033

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-2156.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/6/2024

Updated: 9/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:9:4: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: 5/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31489, CVE-2023-31490, CVE-2023-41358, CVE-2023-41359, CVE-2023-41360, CVE-2023-41909, CVE-2023-46752, CVE-2023-46753

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