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Ubuntu fixes FRR RPKI regression in USN-7230-3

Original title: USN-7230-3: FRR regression

Ubuntu Security Notices ()2
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USN-7230-3 restores RPKI support in FRR after regression introduced by CVE-2024-55553 fix.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7230-3 addresses a regression in FRR's RPKI support. The fix for CVE-2024-55553 caused FRR to stop processing RPKI updates after the first one. This prevents route revalidation when RPKI data changes. In Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, the BGP daemon fails to start with RPKI enabled. The update resolves the issue.

Key facts
  • Regression in RPKI support introduced by previous FRR update
  • FRR stops processing RPKI updates after first
  • Routes not revalidated on RPKI data change
  • BGP daemon fails to start in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with RPKI module
  • Original vulnerability CVE-2024-44070 fixed in USN-7230-2
Security assessment · AI, from the article

Impact: RPKI update processing failure in FRR

What to do
  1. 1.Upgrade FRR to address RPKI regression
  2. 2.Check RPKI module status in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2024-44070
An issue was discovered in FRRouting (FRR) through 10.1
7.5<1%
CVE-2024-55553
In FRRouting (FRR) before 10.3 from 6.0 onward, all routes are re-validated if the total size of an update received via RTR exceeds the internal socket's…
7.5<1%

From the original article

USN-7230-2 fixed vulnerabilities in FRR. Unfortunately, the fix for CVE-2024-55553 introduced a regression in RPKI support, causing FRR to stop processing RPKI updates after the first one, so routes were not revalidated when RPKI data changed. In Ubuntu 20.

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