SB2020041765 - Information disclosure in ansible (Alpine package)

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1746)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Ansible discloses the LDAP bind password to stdout or a log file if a playbook task is written using the bind_pw in the parameters field. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability requires that the ldap_attr and ldap_entry community modules are used.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ec2f3b6aa9db9937f43c70b5c3caa8fbf7132575
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d94bd50429d04befe80c8f8583b81cabdb91b418
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d4da1926ae91c64e47306a32a4627148900ff3c8