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CVE-2018-16837

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Date: October 23, 2018

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.

Language: Python

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (30)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/c963ef1dfbf73efea5106624eb48b346f01eaefd/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst?plain=1#L138

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/b618339c321c387230d3ea523e80ad47af3de5cf

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47486

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47487

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f50cc0b8cb399bb7b7c1ad23b94c9404f0cc6d23

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700

Url: https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-44.yaml

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16837

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20200227105539/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16837

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47445

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible

Url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77928e6c3a2ad878b20312ce5d74d9d7741e0df0

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16837

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

CWE-311

Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information

CWE-214

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2018-16837

Good to know:

Date: October 23, 2018

Language: Python

Severity Score

Related Resources (30)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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