Information Exposure Affecting rhosp-release package, versions <0:13.0.5-1.el7ost


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHOSPRELEASE-5257885
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Oct 2018

Introduced: 23 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16837  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-214  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rhosp-release to version 0:13.0.5-1.el7ost or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0564.

NVD Description

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

Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen. This could lean in undesirable situations such as passphrases credentials passed as a parameter for the ssh-keygen executable. Showing those credentials in clear text form for every user which have access just to the process list.