Ansible Tower 3.6.x < 3.6.1 Information Disclosure

high Nessus Plugin ID 131731

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Synopsis

An IT monitoring application running on the remote host is affected by an Information Disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of Ansible Tower running on the remote web server is 3.6.x prior to 3.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. A flaw exists in Ansible Tower where plaintext RHSM credentials are stored in the database located at '/api/v2/config'. An attacker with access to this information could log into RHSM and make changes.

Solution

Upgrade to Ansible Tower version 3.6.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131731

File Name: ansible_tower_3_6_1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/6/2019

Updated: 4/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14890

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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: 11/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14890

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