Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 update for python39-django

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU80395

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-2023-41164

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The 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 within the django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri() method. A remote attacker can pass a large number of characters to the affected method and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ansible Automation Platform: 2.4

python3x-django (Red Hat package): before 3.2.21-1.el8ap

python-django (Red Hat package): before 3.2.21-1.el9ap

automation-controller (Red Hat package): before 4.4.4-1.el8ap

ansible-runner (Red Hat package): before 2.3.4-1.el8ap

ansible-core (Red Hat package): before 2.15.4-1.el8ap

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:python3x-django_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:python-django_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:automation-controller_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible-runner_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible-core_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5208

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.