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RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.27) (Important) (RHSA-2021:3871)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154169

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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-2021:3871 advisory.

 - Ansible: ansible-connection module discloses sensitive info in traceback error message (CVE-2021-3620)

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-2021-3620

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1975767

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154169

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3871.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2021

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2021-3620

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 10/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3620

CWE: 209

RHSA: 2021:3871