Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-2233 - Key Management Errors vulnerability in Redhat Ansible

047910
CVSS 5.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
redhat
CWE-320
nessus

Summary

Ansible before 1.2.1 makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by leveraging failure to cache SSH host keys.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_A478421E205911E5A4A5002590263BF5.NASL
    descriptionAnsible changelog reports : Host key checking is on by default. Disable it if you like by adding host_key_checking=False in the [default] section of /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg or ~/ansible.cfg or by exporting ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84526
    published2015-07-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84526
    titleFreeBSD : ansible -- enable host key checking in paramiko connection type (a478421e-2059-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(84526);
      script_version("2.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/23 12:49:57");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2233");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : ansible -- enable host key checking in paramiko connection type (a478421e-2059-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Ansible changelog reports :
    
    Host key checking is on by default. Disable it if you like by adding
    host_key_checking=False in the [default] section of
    /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg or ~/ansible.cfg or by exporting
    ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/CHANGELOG.md"
      );
      # http://www.ansible.com/security
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.ansible.com/security"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/857"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/a478421e-2059-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2606dc6c"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ansible");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/08/13");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/07/02");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/06");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ansible<1.2.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-12389.NASL
    descriptionUpstream 1.2.2 version. See: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/Bj0TmfsExhk for more info. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-07-15
    plugin id68882
    published2013-07-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68882
    titleFedora 19 : ansible-1.2.2-1.fc19 (2013-12389)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-12394.NASL
    descriptionUpstream 1.2.2 version. See: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/Bj0TmfsExhk for more info. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-07-15
    plugin id68883
    published2013-07-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68883
    titleFedora 18 : ansible-1.2.2-1.fc18 (2013-12394)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-12400.NASL
    descriptionUpstream 1.2.2 version. See: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/Bj0TmfsExhk for more info. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-07-15
    plugin id68885
    published2013-07-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68885
    titleFedora 17 : ansible-1.2.2-1.fc17 (2013-12400)