SB2018091112 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ansible Tower
Published: September 11, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018091112
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7070)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.