Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-1746

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
redhat
debian
nessus

Summary

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when the ldap_attr and ldap_entry community modules are used. The issue discloses the LDAP bind password to stdout or a log file if a playbook task is written using the bind_pw in the parameters field. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data confidentiality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2020-F80154B5B4.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to upstream bugfix and security update 2.9.7. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELO G-v2.9.rst for a detailed list of changes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-06
    modified2020-04-27
    plugin id136002
    published2020-04-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136002
    titleFedora 31 : ansible (2020-f80154b5b4)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2020-f80154b5b4.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(136002);
      script_version("1.7");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/05");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2020-10684", "CVE-2020-10685", "CVE-2020-10691", "CVE-2020-1733", "CVE-2020-1735", "CVE-2020-1740", "CVE-2020-1746", "CVE-2020-1753");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2020-f80154b5b4");
      script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2019-B-0092");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 31 : ansible (2020-f80154b5b4)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis",
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description",
        value:
    "Update to upstream bugfix and security update 2.9.7. See
    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELO
    G-v2.9.rst for a detailed list of changes.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
    Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as
    possible without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-f80154b5b4"
      );
      # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?36c0680c"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution",
        value:"Update the affected ansible package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-1733");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ansible");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/03/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^31([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 31", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC31", reference:"ansible-2.9.7-1.fc31")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ansible");
    }
    
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1541.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1541 advisory. - Ansible: code injection when using ansible_facts as a subkey (CVE-2020-10684) - Ansible: modules which use files encrypted with vault are not properly cleaned up (CVE-2020-10685) - Ansible: archive traversal vulnerability in ansible- galaxy collection install (CVE-2020-10691) - ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive (CVE-2020-1733) - ansible: path injection on dest parameter in fetch module (CVE-2020-1735) - ansible: Extract-Zip function in win_unzip module does not check extracted path (CVE-2020-1737) - ansible: svn module leaks password when specified as a parameter (CVE-2020-1739) - ansible: secrets readable after ansible-vault edit (CVE-2020-1740) - ansible: Information disclosure issue in ldap_attr and ldap_entry modules (CVE-2020-1746) - Ansible: kubectl connection plugin leaks sensitive information (CVE-2020-1753) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2020-04-22
    plugin id135911
    published2020-04-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135911
    titleRHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.7) (Important) (RHSA-2020:1541)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1542.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1542 advisory. - Ansible: code injection when using ansible_facts as a subkey (CVE-2020-10684) - Ansible: modules which use files encrypted with vault are not properly cleaned up (CVE-2020-10685) - Ansible: archive traversal vulnerability in ansible- galaxy collection install (CVE-2020-10691) - ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive (CVE-2020-1733) - ansible: path injection on dest parameter in fetch module (CVE-2020-1735) - ansible: Extract-Zip function in win_unzip module does not check extracted path (CVE-2020-1737) - ansible: svn module leaks password when specified as a parameter (CVE-2020-1739) - ansible: secrets readable after ansible-vault edit (CVE-2020-1740) - ansible: Information disclosure issue in ldap_attr and ldap_entry modules (CVE-2020-1746) - Ansible: kubectl connection plugin leaks sensitive information (CVE-2020-1753) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2020-04-22
    plugin id135914
    published2020-04-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135914
    titleRHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.7) (Important) (RHSA-2020:1542)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1543.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1543 advisory. - Ansible: code injection when using ansible_facts as a subkey (CVE-2020-10684) - Ansible: modules which use files encrypted with vault are not properly cleaned up (CVE-2020-10685) - ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive (CVE-2020-1733) - ansible: path injection on dest parameter in fetch module (CVE-2020-1735) - ansible: Extract-Zip function in win_unzip module does not check extracted path (CVE-2020-1737) - ansible: svn module leaks password when specified as a parameter (CVE-2020-1739) - ansible: secrets readable after ansible-vault edit (CVE-2020-1740) - ansible: Information disclosure issue in ldap_attr and ldap_entry modules (CVE-2020-1746) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2020-04-22
    plugin id135915
    published2020-04-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135915
    titleRHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security and bug fix update (2.8.11) (Important) (RHSA-2020:1543)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1544.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1544 advisory. - Ansible: code injection when using ansible_facts as a subkey (CVE-2020-10684) - Ansible: modules which use files encrypted with vault are not properly cleaned up (CVE-2020-10685) - ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive (CVE-2020-1733) - ansible: path injection on dest parameter in fetch module (CVE-2020-1735) - ansible: Extract-Zip function in win_unzip module does not check extracted path (CVE-2020-1737) - ansible: svn module leaks password when specified as a parameter (CVE-2020-1739) - ansible: secrets readable after ansible-vault edit (CVE-2020-1740) - ansible: Information disclosure issue in ldap_attr and ldap_entry modules (CVE-2020-1746) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2020-04-22
    plugin id135913
    published2020-04-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135913
    titleRHEL 7 : Ansible security and bug fix update (2.7.17) (Important) (RHSA-2020:1544)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2020-1B6CE91E37.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to upstream bugfix and security update 2.9.7. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELO G-v2.9.rst for a detailed list of changes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-06
    modified2020-04-27
    plugin id135987
    published2020-04-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135987
    titleFedora 30 : ansible (2020-1b6ce91e37)

Redhat

rpms
  • ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el7ae
  • ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el8ae
  • ansible-test-0:2.9.7-1.el7ae
  • ansible-test-0:2.9.7-1.el8ae
  • ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el7ae
  • ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el8ae
  • ansible-test-0:2.9.7-1.el7ae
  • ansible-test-0:2.9.7-1.el8ae
  • ansible-0:2.8.11-1.el7ae
  • ansible-0:2.8.11-1.el8ae
  • ansible-0:2.7.17-1.el7ae