RHEL 7 : ansible (RHSA-2019:3744)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193826

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3744 advisory.

- Ansible: path traversal in the fetch module (CVE-2019-3828)

- ansible: unsafe template evaluation of returned module data can lead to information disclosure (CVE-2019-10156)

- Ansible: disclosure data when prompted for password and template characters are passed (CVE-2019-10206)

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 RHEL ansible package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3744.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193826

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3744.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10206

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ansible

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10156, CVE-2019-10206, CVE-2019-3828

CWE: 200, 22, 522

RHSA: 2019:3744

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