Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting ansible-tower-setup package, versions <0:3.2.4-1.el7at


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLETOWERSETUP-5396356
  • published1 Apr 2023
  • disclosed27 Apr 2018

Introduced: 27 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-1101  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible-tower-setup to version 0:3.2.4-1.el7at or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1328.

NVD Description

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

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.