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RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security update (2.9.27) (Important) (RHSA-2021:3872)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 154170
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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-2021:3872 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 RHEL Ansible package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:3872.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?2ab9e896
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 154170
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3872.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/15/2021
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: 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