Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux may affect IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak and result in elevated privileges (CVE-2023-3899).

Summary

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is used by IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak as part of it’s base container images. (CVE-2023-3899).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-3899
**DESCRIPTION:**Red Hat Enterprise Linux could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper authorization by the subscription-manager. By sending a specially crafted request through D-Bus interface com.redhat.RHSM1, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges to an unconfined root.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264328 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak

| 23.0.0 - 23.0.10| Update to 23.0.11 or higher using the following instructions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.