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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ansible regression (USN-6846-2)

info Nessus Plugin ID 211989

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6846-2 advisory.

 USN-6846-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ansible. The update introduced a regression in ansible. This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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, ansible-fireball and / or ansible-node-fireball packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6846-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 211989

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6846-2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2024

Updated: 9/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible-fireball, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible-node-fireball, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2024

Reference Information

USN: 6846-2