RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.13) (Important) (RHSA-2020:3601)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140128

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3601 advisory.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected ansible and / or ansible-test packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14365

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3601

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1869154

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140128

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3601.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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: 6.2

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:U/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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ansible-test

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: 9/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14365

CWE: 347

IAVB: 2020-B-0073-S

RHSA: 2020:3601