Several vulnerabilities have been found in Ansible, a configuration management, deployment, and task execution system :
CVE-2018-10855/ CVE-2018-16876 The no_log task flag wasn’t honored, resulting in an information leak.
CVE-2018-10875 ansible.cfg was read from the current working directory.
CVE-2018-16837 The user module leaked parameters passed to ssh-keygen to the process environment.
CVE-2019-3828 The fetch module was susceptible to path traversal.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4396. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(122321);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/01/31");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-10855", "CVE-2018-10875", "CVE-2018-16837", "CVE-2018-16876", "CVE-2019-3828");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4396");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4396-1 : ansible - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been found in Ansible, a configuration
management, deployment, and task execution system :
- CVE-2018-10855/ CVE-2018-16876
The no_log task flag wasn't honored, resulting in an
information leak.
- CVE-2018-10875
ansible.cfg was read from the current working directory.
- CVE-2018-16837
The user module leaked parameters passed to ssh-keygen
to the process environment.
- CVE-2019-3828
The fetch module was susceptible to path traversal."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10855"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16876"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10875"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16837"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3828"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ansible"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ansible"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the ansible packages.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-10875");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ansible");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/02/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/02/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ansible", reference:"2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | ansible | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ansible |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10855
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10875
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16837
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16876
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3828
packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ansible
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10855
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10875
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16837
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16876
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3828
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ansible
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396