It was discovered that Ansible failed to properly handle sensitive information. A local attacker could use those vulnerabilities to extract them. (CVE-2017-7481) (CVE-2018-10855) (CVE-2018-16837) (CVE-2018-16876) (CVE-2019-10156)
It was discovered that Ansible could load configuration files from the current working directory containing crafted commands. An attacker could run arbitrary code as result. (CVE-2018-10874) (CVE-2018-10875)
It was discovered that Ansible fetch module had a path traversal vulnerability. A local attacker could copy and overwrite files outside of the specified destination. (CVE-2019-3828).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4072-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(127043);
script_version("1.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/21");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2017-7481",
"CVE-2018-10855",
"CVE-2018-10874",
"CVE-2018-10875",
"CVE-2018-16837",
"CVE-2018-16876",
"CVE-2019-10156",
"CVE-2019-3828"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4072-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Ansible vulnerabilities (USN-4072-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that Ansible failed to properly handle sensitive
information. A local attacker could use those vulnerabilities to
extract them. (CVE-2017-7481) (CVE-2018-10855) (CVE-2018-16837)
(CVE-2018-16876) (CVE-2019-10156)
It was discovered that Ansible could load configuration files from the
current working directory containing crafted commands. An attacker
could run arbitrary code as result. (CVE-2018-10874) (CVE-2018-10875)
It was discovered that Ansible fetch module had a path traversal
vulnerability. A local attacker could copy and overwrite files outside
of the specified destination. (CVE-2019-3828).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4072-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected ansible, ansible-fireball and / or ansible-node-fireball packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7481");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/07/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/07/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/07/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible-fireball");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible-node-fireball");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2019-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ansible', 'pkgver': '2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ansible-fireball', 'pkgver': '2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ansible-node-fireball', 'pkgver': '2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'ansible', 'pkgver': '2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ansible / ansible-fireball / ansible-node-fireball');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | ansible | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | ansible-fireball | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible-fireball |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | ansible-node-fireball | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ansible-node-fireball |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7481
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10855
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10874
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-2019-10156
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3828
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4072-1