CVE-2018-16837
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.7.1+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.7.1+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.7.1+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.1+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.7.1+dfsg-1 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16837
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47487
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47486
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47445
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77928e6c3a2ad878b20312ce5d74d9d7741e0df0
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/b618339c321c387230d3ea523e80ad47af3de5cf
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f50cc0b8cb399bb7b7c1ad23b94c9404f0cc6d23
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227105539/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-44.yaml
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/c963ef1dfbf73efea5106624eb48b346f01eaefd/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst?plain=1#L138
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.