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CVE-2018-16837

high

Description

Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen. This could lean in undesirable situations such as passphrases credentials passed as a parameter for the ssh-keygen executable. Showing those credentials in clear text form for every user which have access just to the process list.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-10-23

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00041