Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-24580 CVE-2023-36053 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 CWE-1333 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
Ansible Automation Platform Server applications / Other server solutions automation-controller (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU72330
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24580
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can certain inputs to multipart forms, trigger memory exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Ansible Automation Platform: 2.4
automation-controller (Red Hat package): before 4.4.2-1.el8ap
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:automation-controller_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4692
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.
2) Inefficient regular expression complexity
EUVDB-ID: #VU77880
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36053
CWE-ID:
CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input with a regular expressions within EmailValidator and URLValidator. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ansible Automation Platform: 2.4
automation-controller (Red Hat package): before 4.4.2-1.el8ap
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:automation-controller_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4692
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.
