RHSA-2022:8915
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-12-12 21:25 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:35Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Certificate System 9.7 security update
Severity
Important
Notes
Topic: An update is now available for Red Hat Certificate System 9.7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate System.
Security Fix(es):
* pki-core: access to external entities when parsing XML can lead to XXE (CVE-2022-2414)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* Update RHCS version of CA, KRA, OCSP, and TKS so that it can be identified using a browser [RHCS 9.7.z BU 19] (BZ#2136537)
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
A flaw was found in pki-core. Access to external entities when parsing XML documents can lead to XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially retrieve the content of arbitrary files by sending specially crafted HTTP requests.
7.5 (High)
Affected products
Fixed
5 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:pki-core-0:10.5.18-24.el7pki.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
Workaround
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:pki-core-debuginfo-0:10.5.18-24.el7pki.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
Workaround
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:pki-ocsp-0:10.5.18-24.el7pki.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
Workaround
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:pki-tks-0:10.5.18-24.el7pki.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
Workaround
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:pki-tps-0:10.5.18-24.el7pki.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
Workaround
|
Known not affected
3 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:redhat-pki-console-theme-0:10.5.18-16.el7pki.noarch | — |
Workaround
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:redhat-pki-server-theme-0:10.5.18-16.el7pki.noarch | — |
Workaround
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHCS-9.7:redhat-pki-theme-0:10.5.18-16.el7pki.src | — |
Workaround
|
Threats
Impact
Important
References
Acknowledgments
Positive Technologies
Egor Dimitrenko
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- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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