Debian DSA-4396-1 : ansible - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 122321

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the ansible packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122321

File Name: debian_DSA-4396.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/20/2019

Updated: 1/31/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10875

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ansible, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10855, CVE-2018-10875, CVE-2018-16837, CVE-2018-16876, CVE-2019-3828

DSA: 4396

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