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RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security update (2.9.23) (Important) (RHSA-2021:2664)
high Nessus Plugin ID 151446
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Ansible.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2664 advisory.- ansible: Template Injection through yaml multi-line strings with ansible facts used in template.
(CVE-2021-3583)
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 RHEL Ansible package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2664.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?3328965d
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 151446
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2664.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/7/2021
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: Low
Base Score: 3.6
Temporal Score: 2.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3583
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:H/I:H/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: 7/7/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-3583