Information Exposure Affecting ansible-test package, versions <0:2.9.7-1.el8ae


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-ANSIBLETEST-4403901
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed28 Feb 2020

Introduced: 28 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-1746  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ansible-test to version 0:2.9.7-1.el8ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1541.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible-test package and not the ansible-test package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when the ldap_attr and ldap_entry community modules are used. The issue discloses the LDAP bind password to stdout or a log file if a playbook task is written using the bind_pw in the parameters field. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data confidentiality.

CVSS Scores

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