SB2023121428 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4

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SB2023121428 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4

Published: December 14, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023121428
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5764)

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling templates. A remote user can remove the unsafe designation from template data and execute arbitrary code on the system.


2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5189)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in symbolic link filename within the _extract_archive() function in galaxy-importer/collection.py. A remote attacker can trick the victim to use a specially crafted archive and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References