ALAS-2024-2498

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-1481  

A flaw was found in FreeIPA. This issue may allow a remote attacker to craft a HTTP request with parameters that can be interpreted as command arguments to kinit on the FreeIPA server, which can lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-1481)

ALAS-2024-2498


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2498
Advisory Release Date: 2024-03-13 20:26 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-18 20:24 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in FreeIPA. This issue may allow a remote attacker to craft a HTTP request with parameters that can be interpreted as command arguments to kinit on the FreeIPA server, which can lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-1481)


Affected Packages:

ipa


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update ipa to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ipa-server-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.aarch64
    ipa-server-trust-ad-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.aarch64
    ipa-client-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.aarch64
    ipa-debuginfo-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.aarch64

i686:
    ipa-server-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.i686
    ipa-server-trust-ad-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.i686
    ipa-client-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.i686
    ipa-debuginfo-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.i686

noarch:
    python2-ipaserver-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch
    ipa-server-common-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch
    ipa-server-dns-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch
    python2-ipaclient-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch
    ipa-client-common-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch
    ipa-python-compat-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch
    python2-ipalib-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch
    ipa-common-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.noarch

src:
    ipa-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.src

x86_64:
    ipa-server-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.x86_64
    ipa-server-trust-ad-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.x86_64
    ipa-client-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.x86_64
    ipa-debuginfo-4.6.8-5.amzn2.4.4.x86_64