RSA Identifier

RSA-2023-05

CVE Identifier

See Advisory

Severity

Critical

Severity Rating

See NVD (http://nvd.nist.gov/home.cfm) for individual scores for each CVE

Affected Products

• SecurID Governance and Lifecycle (Hardware Appliance and Virtual Application deployments only)
• RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle (Hardware Appliance and Virtual Application deployments only)

Note: - The latest patches affect the Hardware Appliance and Virtual Application deployments with an RSA supplied SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 operating system. For those customers currently using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 the updater will update you to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 with all the latest patches.

Unaffected products 

• SecurID Governance and Lifecycle and RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle:
  Software-only systems or any deployment where RSA did not supply the operating system.

Summary

The embedded operating system components in SecurID Governance and Lifecycle and RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle require a security update to address various vulnerabilities.

Details

SecurID Governance and Lifecycle and RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle have been updated to address the following security vulnerabilities.  

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 OS Updates

Note - For more information about any of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) mentioned here consult the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) at http://nvd.nist.gov/home.cfm.  To search for a CVE, use the database's search utility at http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search.

Recommendation

The Appliance Updater tool's March 2023 release will resolve these issues and ensure that the embedded OS components are kept current with security updates and patches.

RSA recommends all appliance customers who are on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4/SP5 to run the appliance updater as the latest patches will be applied to the current installation.

This Appliance Updater supports the SecurID Governance and Lifecycle or RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle products which use an RSA supplied SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4/SP5 operating system.

Customers can download the Appliance Updater from here. The product documentation and software are available on SecurID Governance and Lifecycle space of RSA Community.

Severity Rating

For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the RSA Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. RSA recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

EOPS Policy

RSA has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. Please refer to the Product Version Life Cycle for additional details.

Legal Information

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RSA recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set forth herein is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. RSA disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

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