CVE-2018-16837
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| [UNKNOWN] | Ansible | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-214: CWE-214
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
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