RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible (RHSA-2019:3203)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130332

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Ansible.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3203 advisory.

- ansible: secrets disclosed on logs when no_log enabled (CVE-2019-14846)

- ansible: Incomplete fix for CVE-2019-10206 (CVE-2019-14856)

- ansible: sub parameters marked as no_log are not masked in certain failure scenarios (CVE-2019-14858)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Ansible package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3203.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130332

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3203.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/28/2019

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14856

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14846

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ansible, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14846, CVE-2019-14856, CVE-2019-14858

CWE: 287, 532

RHSA: 2019:3203

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