RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security update (2.8.15) (Important) (RHSA-2020:3600)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140127

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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-2020:3600 advisory.

- ansible: atomic_move primitive sets permissive permissions (CVE-2020-1736)

- Ansible: masked keys for uri module are exposed into content and json output (CVE-2020-14330)

- Ansible: module_args does not censor properly in --check mode (CVE-2020-14332)

- ansible: dnf module install packages with no GPG signature (CVE-2020-14365)

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-2020:3600.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140127

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3600.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/1/2020

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14365

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14330, CVE-2020-14332, CVE-2020-14365, CVE-2020-1736

CWE: 347, 532, 732

IAVB: 2019-B-0092-S, 2020-B-0073-S

RHSA: 2020:3600

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