Resource Exhaustion Affecting frr package, versions <0:7.5.1-7.el8_8.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FRR-6211284
  • published31 Jan 2024
  • disclosed3 Nov 2023

Introduced: 3 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-47235  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 frr to version 0:7.5.1-7.el8_8.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0574.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream frr package and not the frr package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0.1. A crash can occur when a malformed BGP UPDATE message with an EOR is processed, because the presence of EOR does not lead to a treat-as-withdraw outcome.

CVSS Scores

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