Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.9.6-1.el7ae


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-3375473
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed21 Dec 2017

Introduced: 21 Dec 2017

CVE-2020-10729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.9.6-1.el7ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2020:0784.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the use of insufficiently random values in Ansible. Two random password lookups of the same length generate the equal value as the template caching action for the same file since no re-evaluation happens. The highest threat from this vulnerability would be that all passwords are exposed at once for the file. This flaw affects Ansible Engine versions before 2.9.6.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1