USN-6498-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6498-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6498-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6498-1
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Published
2023-11-21T15:24:30.029196Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:42Z
Summary
frr vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that FRR incorrectly handled certain BGP messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FRR to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / frr

Package

Name
frr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/frr@8.1-1ubuntu1.8?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.1-1ubuntu1.8

Affected versions

7.*

7.5.1-1.1

8.*

8.1-1
8.1-1ubuntu1
8.1-1ubuntu1.1
8.1-1ubuntu1.2
8.1-1ubuntu1.3
8.1-1ubuntu1.4
8.1-1ubuntu1.5
8.1-1ubuntu1.6
8.1-1ubuntu1.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "frr",
            "binary_version": "8.1-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "frr-pythontools",
            "binary_version": "8.1-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "frr-rpki-rtrlib",
            "binary_version": "8.1-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "frr-snmp",
            "binary_version": "8.1-1ubuntu1.8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2023-38406"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2023-38407"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2023-47234"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2023-47235"
            }
        ]
    }
}