RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.18) (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:0664)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146821

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0664 advisory.

- ansible: user data leak in snmp_facts module (CVE-2021-20178)

- ansible module: bitbucket_pipeline_variable exposes secured values (CVE-2021-20180)

- ansible: multiple modules expose secured values (CVE-2021-20191)

- ansible: basic.py no_log with fallback option (CVE-2021-20228)

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 affected ansible and / or ansible-test packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146821

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0664.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2021

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20228

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 2/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20178, CVE-2021-20180, CVE-2021-20191, CVE-2021-20228

CWE: 200, 522, 532

IAVB: 2021-B-0013-S

RHSA: 2021:0664

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