SB2024092746 - Fedora 40 update for aws
Published: September 27, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024092746
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41708)
CWE-ID: CWE-337 - Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected application.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a weak random number generator within the Random_String() function in the src/core/aws-utils.adb module. A remote attacker can guess session identifiers of other users and gain unauthorized access to the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.