SB2023090553 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

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SB2023090553 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

Published: September 5, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023090553
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Error Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23931)

The vulnerability allows an attacker to misuse Python API.

The vulnerability exists due to a soundness bug within the Cipher.update_into function, which can allow immutable objects (such as bytes) to be mutated. A malicious programmer can misuse Python API to introduce unexpected behavior into the application.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40267)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and compromise the affected system.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for CVE-2022-24439.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References