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RedHat: RHSA-2023-4703-01 Critical Update on Subscription-Manager Auth

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat released a critical advisory for subscription-manager to address serious authorization vulnerabilities, urging immediate updates to safeguard enterprise systems
An update for subscription-manager is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Re...

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 subscription-manager packages provide programs and libraries to allow users to manage subscriptions and yum repositories from the Red Hat entitlement platform.
Security Fix(es):
* subscription-manager: inadequate authorization of com.redhat.RHSM1 D-Bus interface allows local users to modify configuration (CVE-2023-3899)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat security impact important update RHEL authorization issue subscription-manager

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3899 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
x86_64: dnf-plugin-subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm python3-subscription-manager-rhsm-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm rhsm-gtk-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm subscription-manager-debugsource-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm subscription-manager-migration-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
ppc64le: dnf-plugin-subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm python3-subscription-manager-rhsm-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm rhsm-gtk-1.26.22-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm subscription-manager-debugsource-1.26.22-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm subscription-manager-initial-setup-addon-1.26.22-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm subscription-manager-migration-1.26.22-2.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: dnf-plugin-subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm python3-subscription-manager-rhsm-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm rhsm-gtk-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm subscription-manager-debuginfo-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm subscription-manager-debugsource-1.26.22-2.el8_2.x86_64.rpm

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Severity
important
Lowest
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Medium
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4703-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4703
Issue date: 2023-08-22

Topic

An update for subscription-manager is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 UpdateServices for SAP Solutions.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 security impact important update RHEL authorization issue subscription-manager

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.2) - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v. 8.2) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2225407 - CVE-2023-3899 subscription-manager: inadequate authorization of com.redhat.RHSM1 D-Bus interface allows local users to modify configuration

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