Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Engine - CVE-2020-1740

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Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Engine - CVE-2020-1740

Published: June 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29028
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1740
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application when using Ansible Vault for editing encrypted files. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

Red Hat Ansible Engine
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
openEuler
ansible (Debian package)
ansible (Alpine package)
ansible-help
ansible
ansible (Red Hat package)
Ansible

How to mitigate CVE-2020-1740

Install updates from vendor's website.

Red Hat Ansible Engine - addressed in versions 2.7.17, 2.8.11, 2.9.7
ansible (Debian package) - update to 2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u1
ansible (Alpine package) - update to 2.7.17-r0
ansible-help - addressed in versions 2.5.5-2, 2.5.5-6
ansible - addressed in versions 2.5.5-2, 2.5.5-6
Ansible - addressed in versions 2.7.17-1.el7ae, 2.8.11-1.el7ae, 2.8.11-1.el8ae, 2.9.7-1.el7ae, 2.9.7-1.el8ae
ansible - addressed in versions 2.9.7-1.el7, 2.9.7-1.el8, 2.9.7-1.fc30, 2.9.7-1.fc31, 2.9.7-1.fc32
ansible (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.9.7-1.el7ae, 2.9.7-1.el8ae

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