Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-14890 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in Redhat Ansible Tower 3.6.0

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
redhat
CWE-312
nessus

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Tower before 3.6.1 where an attacker with low privilege could retrieve usernames and passwords credentials from the new RHSM saved in plain text into the database at '/api/v2/config' when applying the Ansible Tower license.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Redhat
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Lifting Data Embedded in Client Distributions
    An attacker can resort to stealing data embedded in client distributions or client code in order to gain certain information. This information can reveal confidential contents, such as account numbers, or can be used as an intermediate step in a larger attack (such as by stealing keys/credentials).

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idANSIBLE_TOWER_3_6_1.NASL
descriptionThe version of Ansible Tower running on the remote web server is 3.6.x prior to 3.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. A flaw exists in Ansible Tower where plaintext RHSM credentials are stored in the database located at
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id131731
published2019-12-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131731
titleAnsible Tower 3.6.x < 3.6.1 Information Disclosure