RHEL 8 : Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1.3 (RHSA-2022:6078)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194199

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1.3.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6078 advisory.

- Ansible: Logic flaw leads to privilage escalation (CVE-2022-2568)

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 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1.3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:6078.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2108653

http://www.nessus.org/u?9fa69ffb

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6078

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194199

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6078.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2024

Updated: 5/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2568

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:N/I:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-galaxy-ng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-galaxy-ng

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: 8/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2568

CWE: 269

RHSA: 2022:6078