Information disclosure in Ansible Tower - CVE-2020-10782

 

Information disclosure in Ansible Tower - CVE-2020-10782

Published: June 22, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29197
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ansible Tower

Detailed vulnerability 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-10782

Install updates from vendor's website.

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