RHSA-2023:5464 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: frr security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 5, 2023
Updated · November 22, 2025
Topic
An update for frr is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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.