Description
Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen. This could lean in undesirable situations such as passphrases credentials passed as a parameter for the ssh-keygen executable. Showing those credentials in clear text form for every user which have access just to the process list.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.0
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Unknown / ansiblen/a – n/a
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html