Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

Important

A flaw was found in the Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) server. The ExternalEventStreamViewSet uses permissive access controls (permission_classes=[AllowAny], authentication_classes=[]) and relies solely on the Subject HTTP header value for mTLS authentication without verifying that the header originated from a trusted proxy. Additionally, the expected certificate Distinguished Name is leaked in the 403 error response body. An attacker who can reach the EDA API endpoint with a spoofed Subject header can inject arbitrary events into mTLS-protected event streams, triggering downstream automation actions.

CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

A flaw was found in the `crypto/x509` package of `golang`. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by presenting a specially crafted X.509 certificate with a large number of DNS Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries. The certificate verification process, specifically the `VerifyHostname` function, incurs excessive computational overhead due to repeated string operations when processing these entries. This can lead to a significant performance degradation or unresponsiveness of systems validating such certificates.

CWE-606 - Unchecked Input for Loop Condition

A flaw was found in the `net` package of Go (golang), specifically when using the `LookupCNAME` function with the `cgo` DNS resolver. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a very long Canonical Name (CNAME) response. This can trigger a double-free of C memory, leading to a crash and a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

CWE-1341 - Multiple Releases of Same Resource or Handle

A flaw was found in AIOHTTP, an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing untrusted input to the `CookieJar.load()` function. This could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run malicious code on the affected system. This issue is most likely to occur in applications that allow attacker-controlled files to be loaded.

CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

A flaw was found in the `net/mail` package of the Go programming language. An attacker could provide specially crafted inputs to the `ParseAddress`, `ParseAddressList`, or `ParseDate` functions. This could lead to excessive consumption of CPU and memory resources, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for applications processing these inputs.

CWE-606 - Unchecked Input for Loop Condition