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SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-gwr8-5j83-483c)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415357

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in the solaris_zone module from the Ansible Community modules. When setting the name for
 the zone on the Solaris host, the zone name is checked by listing the process with the 'ps' bare command
 on the remote machine. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting the name of the zone and
 executing arbitrary commands in the remote host. Ansible Engine 2.7.15, 2.8.7, and 2.9.2 as well as
 previous versions are affected. (CVE-2019-14904)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gwr8-5j83-483c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415357

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Percentile: 56.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14904

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Threat Score: 5.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14904