Ansible Tower 3.x < 3.3.3 Unauthorized Access vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127125

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Synopsis

An IT monitoring application running on the remote host is affected by a Unauthorized Access vulnerability.

Description

The version of Ansible Tower running on the remote web server is 3.x prior to 3.3.3. It is, therefore, affected by an unauthorized access vulnerability due to a RabbitMQ misconfiguration. The configuration does not set a secure channel for messaging celery workers, resulting in a leak of sensitive data and the deletion of projects & files.

Solution

Upgrade to Ansible Tower version 3.3.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127125

File Name: ansible_tower_3_3_3.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/5/2019

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16879

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ansible:tower

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16879

BID: 106310

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