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Red Hat 8.6: RHSA-2023:4408-01 Important: mod_auth_openidc Security Update

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2023
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Urgent security patch for mod_auth_openidc in Red Hat 8.6 resolving AES GCM decryption vulnerabilities. Update immediately!
An update for the mod_auth_openidc:2.3 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.
Security Fix(es):
* cjose: AES GCM decryption uses the Tag length from the actual Authentication Tag provided in the JWE (CVE-2023-37464)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat threat authentication impact mod_auth_openidc GCM

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37464 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6):
Source: cjose-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.src.rpm mod_auth_openidc-2.3.7-11.module+el8.6.0+14082+b6f23e95.src.rpm
aarch64: cjose-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.aarch64.rpm cjose-debuginfo-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.aarch64.rpm cjose-debugsource-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.aarch64.rpm cjose-devel-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.aarch64.rpm mod_auth_openidc-2.3.7-11.module+el8.6.0+14082+b6f23e95.aarch64.rpm mod_auth_openidc-debuginfo-2.3.7-11.module+el8.6.0+14082+b6f23e95.aarch64.rpm mod_auth_openidc-debugsource-2.3.7-11.module+el8.6.0+14082+b6f23e95.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: cjose-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.ppc64le.rpm cjose-debuginfo-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.ppc64le.rpm cjose-debugsource-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.ppc64le.rpm cjose-devel-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.ppc64le.rpm mod_auth_openidc-2.3.7-11.module+el8.6.0+14082+b6f23e95.ppc64le.rpm mod_auth_openidc-debuginfo-2.3.7-11.module+el8.6.0+14082+b6f23e95.ppc64le.rpm mod_auth_openidc-debugsource-2.3.7-11.module+el8.6.0+14082+b6f23e95.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: cjose-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.s390x.rpm cjose-debuginfo-0.6.1-3.module+el8.6.0+19463+7d2e1f9c.s390x.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4408-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4408
Issue date: 2023-08-01

Topic

An update for the mod_auth_openidc:2.3 module is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat threat authentication impact mod_auth_openidc GCM

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2223295 - CVE-2023-37464 cjose: AES GCM decryption uses the Tag length from the actual Authentication Tag provided in the JWE

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