RHSA-2023:5195 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: frr security and bug fix update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 18, 2023
Updated · November 22, 2025
Topic
An update for frr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD.
Security Fix(es):
- frr: Incorrect handling of a error in parsing of an invalid section of a BGP update can de-peer a router (CVE-2023-38802)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
- BFD crash in FRR running in MetalLB (BZ#2231830)