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Red Hat: CVE-2023-41909: frr: NULL pointer dereference in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec() in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-41909: frr: NULL pointer dereference in bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec() in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/05/2023
Created
05/01/2024
Added
05/01/2024
Modified
05/23/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgp_nlri_parse_flowspec in bgpd/bgp_flowspec.c processes malformed requests with no attributes, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-frr
  • redhat-upgrade-frr-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-frr-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-frr-selinux

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