Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 update for puppet-firewall

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU64691

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0675

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to in certain situations it is possible for an unmanaged rule to exist on the target system that has the same comment as the rule specified in the manifest. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat OpenStack: before 16.1.9

puppet-firewall (Red Hat package): before 3.4.0-1.94f707cgit.el8ost

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_openstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:puppet-firewall_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8869

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.