SB20231107128 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for frr



SB20231107128 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for frr

Published: November 7, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB20231107128
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36440)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the peek_for_as4_capability() function. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40302)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.


3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40318)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted BGP OPEN message with an option of type 0xff, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.


4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43681)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the BGP daemon. A remote attacker can send a malformed BGP OPEN message that ends with the option length octet (or the option length word, in case of an extended OPEN message), trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the daemon.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.