Ansible fetch module before versions 2.5.15, 2.6.14, 2.7.8 has a path traversal vulnerability which allows copying and overwriting files outside of the specified destination in the local ansible controller host, by not restricting an absolute path.

It was discovered that Ansible failed to properly handle sensitive information. A local attacker could use those vulnerabilities to extract them. (CVE-2017-7481) (CVE-2018-10855) (CVE-2018-16837) (CVE-2018-16876) (CVE-2019-10156)

It was discovered that Ansible could load configuration files from the current working directory containing crafted commands. An attacker could run arbitrary code as result. (CVE-2018-10874) (CVE-2018-10875)

It was discovered that Ansible fetch module had a path traversal vulnerability. A local attacker could copy and overwrite files outside of the specified destination. (CVE-2019-3828).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for ansible fixes the following issues :

Ansible was updated to version 2.8.1 :

Full changelog is at /usr/share/doc/packages/ansible/changelogs/

  - Bugfixes

  - ACI - DO not encode query_string

  - ACI modules - Fix non-signature authentication

  - Add missing directory provided via ``--playbook-dir`` to     adjacent collection loading

  - Fix 'Interface not found' errors when using     eos_l2_interface with non-existent interfaces configured

  - Fix cannot get credential when `source_auth` set to     `credential_file`.

  - Fix netconf_config backup string issue

  - Fix privilege escalation support for the docker     connection plugin when credentials need to be supplied     (e.g. sudo with password).

  - Fix vyos cli prompt inspection

  - Fixed loading namespaced documentation fragments from     collections.

  - Fixing bug came up after running cnos_vrf module against     coverity.

  - Properly handle data importer failures on PVC creation,     instead of timing out.

  - To fix the ios static route TC failure in CI

  - To fix the nios member module params

  - To fix the nios_zone module idempotency failure

  - add terminal initial prompt for initial connection

  - allow include_role to work with ansible command

  - allow python_requirements_facts to report on     dependencies containing dashes

  - asa_config fix

  - azure_rm_roledefinition - fix a small error in build     scope.

  - azure_rm_virtualnetworkpeering - fix cross subscriptions     virtual network peering.

  - cgroup_perf_recap - When not using file_per_task, make     sure we don't prematurely close the perf files

  - display underlying error when reporting an invalid     ``tasks:`` block.

  - dnf - fix wildcard matching for state: absent

  - docker connection plugin - accept version ``dev`` as     'newest version' and print warning.

  - docker_container - ``oom_killer`` and ``oom_score_adj``     options are available since docker-py 1.8.0, not 2.0.0     as assumed by the version check.

  - docker_container - fix network creation when     ``networks_cli_compatible`` is enabled.

  - docker_container - use docker API's ``restart`` instead     of ``stop``/``start`` to restart a container.

  - docker_image - if ``build`` was not specified, the wrong     default for ``build.rm`` is used.

  - docker_image - if ``nocache`` set to ``yes`` but not     ``build.nocache``, the module failed.

  - docker_image - module failed when ``source: build`` was     set but ``build.path`` options not specified.

  - docker_network module - fix idempotency when using     ``aux_addresses`` in ``ipam_config``.

  - ec2_instance - make Name tag idempotent

  - eos: don't fail modules without become set, instead show     message and continue

  - eos_config: check for session support when asked to     'diff_against: session'

  - eos_eapi: fix idempotency issues when vrf was     unspecified.

  - fix bugs for ce - more info see

  - fix incorrect uses of to_native that should be to_text     instead.

  - hcloud_volume - Fix idempotency when attaching a server     to a volume.

  - ibm_storage - Added a check for null fields in     ibm_storage utils module.

  - include_tasks - whitelist ``listen`` as a valid keyword

  - k8s - resource updates applied with force work correctly     now

  - keep results subset also when not no_log.

  - meraki_switchport - improve reliability with native VLAN     functionality.

  - netapp_e_iscsi_target - fix netapp_e_iscsi_target chap     secret size and clearing functionality

  - netapp_e_volumes - fix workload profileId indexing when     no previous workload tags exist on the storage array.

  - nxos_acl some platforms/versions raise when no ACLs are     present

  - nxos_facts fix     <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57009>

  - nxos_file_copy fix passwordless workflow

  - nxos_interface Fix admin_state check for n6k

  - nxos_snmp_traps fix group all for N35 platforms

  - nxos_snmp_user fix platform fixes for get_snmp_user

  - nxos_vlan mode idempotence bug

  - nxos_vlan vlan names containing regex ctl chars should     be escaped

  - nxos_vtp_* modules fix n6k issues

  - openssl_certificate - fix private key passphrase     handling for ``cryptography`` backend.

  - openssl_pkcs12 - fixes crash when private key has a     passphrase and the module is run a second time.

  - os_stack - Apply tags conditionally so that the module     does not throw up an error when using an older distro of     openstacksdk

  - pass correct loading context to persistent connections     other than local

  - pkg_mgr - Ansible 2.8.0 failing to install yum packages     on Amazon Linux

  - postgresql - added initial SSL related tests

  - postgresql - added missing_required_libs, removed excess     param mapping

  - postgresql - move connect_to_db and get_pg_version into     module_utils/postgres.py     (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55514)

  - postgresql_db - add note to the documentation about     state dump and the incorrect rc     (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57297)

  - postgresql_db - fix for postgresql_db fails if stderr     contains output

  - postgresql_ping - fixed a typo in the module     documentation

  - preserve actual ssh error when we cannot connect.

  - route53_facts - the module did not advertise check mode     support, causing it not to be run in check mode.

  - sysctl: the module now also checks the output of STDERR     to report if values are correctly set     (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55695)

  - ufw - correctly check status when logging is off

  - uri - always return a value for status even during     failure

  - urls - Handle redirects properly for IPv6 address by not     splitting on ``:`` and rely on already parsed hostname     and port values

  - vmware_vm_facts - fix the support with regular ESXi

  - vyos_interface fix     <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57169>

  - we don't really need to template vars on definition as     we do this on demand in templating.

  - win_acl - Fix qualifier parser when using UNC paths -

  - win_hostname - Fix non netbios compliant name handling

  - winrm - Fix issue when attempting to parse CLIXML on     send input failure

  - xenserver_guest - fixed an issue where VM whould be     powered off even though check mode is used if     reconfiguration requires VM to be powered off.

  - xenserver_guest - proper error message is shown when     maximum number of network interfaces is reached and     multiple network interfaces are added at once.

  - yum - Fix false error message about autoremove not being     supported

  - yum - fix failure when using ``update_cache`` standalone

  - yum - handle special '_none_' value for proxy in     yum.conf and .repo files

Update to version 2.8.0

Major changes :

  - Experimental support for Ansible Collections and content     namespacing - Ansible content can now be packaged in a     collection and addressed via namespaces. This allows for     easier sharing, distribution, and installation of     bundled modules/roles/plugins, and consistent rules for     accessing specific content via namespaces.

  - Python interpreter discovery - The first time a Python     module runs on a target, Ansible will attempt to     discover the proper default Python interpreter to use     for the target platform/version (instead of immediately     defaulting to /usr/bin/python). You can override this     behavior by setting ansible_python_interpreter or via     config. (see     https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/50163)

  - become - The deprecated CLI arguments for --sudo,
    --sudo-user,

    --ask-sudo-pass, -su, --su-user, and --ask-su-pass have     been removed, in favor of the more generic --become,
    --become-user, --become-method, and

    --ask-become-pass.

  - become - become functionality has been migrated to a     plugin architecture, to allow customization of become     functionality and 3rd party become methods     (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/50991)

  - addresses CVE-2018-16859, CVE-2018-16876, CVE-2019-3828,     CVE-2018-16837

For the full changelog see /usr/share/doc/packages/ansible/changelogs or online:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.8/changelogs/CHANGELO G-v2.8.rst

An update of the ansible package has been released.

This update for ansible to version 2.7.8 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed: &#9; 

  - CVE-2018-16837: Fixed an information leak in user module     (bsc#1112959).

  - CVE-2018-16859: Fixed an issue which clould allow     logging of password in plaintext in Windows powerShell     (bsc#1116587).

  - CVE-2019-3828: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability in     fetch module (bsc#1126503).

  - CVE-2018-10875: Fixed a potential code execution in     ansible.cfg (bsc#1099808).

  - CVE-2018-16876: Fixed an issue which could allow     information disclosure in vvv+ mode with no_log on     (bsc#1118896).

Other issues addressed :

  - prepare update to 2.7.8 for multiple releases     (boo#1102126, boo#1109957)

Release notes:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.7/changelogs/CHANGELO G-v2.7.rst#id1

An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.6.14)

Security fix(es) :

* ansible: path traversal in the fetch module (CVE-2019-3828)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.6.14/changelogs/ CHANGELOG-v2.6.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.

An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.5.15)

Security fix(es) :

* ansible: path traversal in the fetch module (CVE-2019-3828)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.5.15/changelogs/ CHANGELOG-v2.5.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.

An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.7.8)

Security fix(es) :

* ansible: path traversal in the fetch module (CVE-2019-3828)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.7.8/changelogs/ CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.

An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.7.8)

Security fix(es) :

* ansible: path traversal in the fetch module (CVE-2019-3828)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.7.8/changelogs/ CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.

Update to bugfix release 2.7.8. Fixes also CVE-2019-3828

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Ansible, a configuration management, deployment, and task execution system :

  - CVE-2018-10855/ CVE-2018-16876     The no_log task flag wasn't honored, resulting in an     information leak.

  - CVE-2018-10875     ansible.cfg was read from the current working directory.

  - CVE-2018-16837     The user module leaked parameters passed to ssh-keygen     to the process environment.

  - CVE-2019-3828     The fetch module was susceptible to path traversal.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
127043	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ansible vulnerabilities (USN-4072-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
126326	openSUSE Security Update : ansible (openSUSE-2019-1635)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
126212	Photon OS 2.0: Ansible PHSA-2019-2.0-0152	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
123669	openSUSE Security Update : ansible (openSUSE-2019-1125)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
122637	RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2019:0433)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
122636	RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2019:0432)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
122635	RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2019:0431)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
122634	RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2019:0430)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
122564	Fedora 28 : ansible (2019-c54511eaab)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
122522	Fedora 29 : ansible (2019-7d1a63acc8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
122321	Debian DSA-4396-1 : ansible - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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