Fedora 44 and 43 BIRD Updates Address Critical Bugs and Crashes

Fedora 44 and 43 BIRD Updates Address Critical Bugs and Crashes

First seen 17 Jun 2026, 15:59 UTC •Linuxsecurity •98% similarity •60.6

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On June 9, 2026, BIRD version 3.3.1 was released, addressing multiple critical bugs affecting both Fedora 44 and Fedora 43. Key fixes include a crash when an incoming connection for a disabled BGP protocol arrives and several issues in Flowspec handling. The updates also resolve out-of-bounds reads in OSPF authentication checks and Router-LSA validation. Users of Fedora 44 and 43 are advised to upgrade to version 3.3.1 to mitigate these vulnerabilities. The updates can be installed using the 'dnf' update program. No specific CVEs were mentioned in the articles, but the issues are significant enough to warrant immediate attention from system administrators.

Key Points: • BIRD 3.3.1 fixes critical bugs in both Fedora 44 and 43. • Users are urged to upgrade to mitigate crashes and vulnerabilities. • The updates address multiple BGP and OSPF issues impacting network stability.

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2026-06-09
BIRD 3.3.1 released
BIRD version 3.3.1 was released, fixing multiple critical bugs affecting BGP and OSPF protocols.
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2026-06-17
Fedora 44 BIRD advisory published
An advisory was issued for Fedora 44 regarding the critical updates in BIRD 3.3.1.
Linuxsecurity
2026-06-17
Fedora 43 BIRD advisory published
An advisory was issued for Fedora 43 detailing critical bug fixes in BIRD 3.3.1.
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