Important: pki-core

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in dogtag-pki and pki-core. The token authentication scheme can be bypassed with a LDAP injection. By passing the query string parameter sessionID=*, an attacker can authenticate with an existing session saved in the LDAP directory server, which may lead to escalation of privilege. (CVE-2023-4727)

Affected Packages:

pki-core

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 pki-core to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    pki-symkey-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    pki-tools-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
    pki-core-debuginfo-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    pki-symkey-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    pki-tools-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.i686  
    pki-core-debuginfo-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.i686  
  
noarch:  
    pki-base-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
    pki-base-java-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
    pki-server-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
    pki-ca-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
    pki-kra-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
    pki-javadoc-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.noarch  
  
src:  
    pki-core-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    pki-symkey-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    pki-tools-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  
    pki-core-debuginfo-10.5.18-27.amzn2.0.2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-4727

Mitre: CVE-2023-4727