Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Tower

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU29197

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10782

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in the rsyslog configuration file, which has set the wrong world-readable permissions. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system, such as Splunk tokens.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ansible Tower: 3.0 - 3.7.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible_tower:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:ansible_tower:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10782

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.