USN-4072-1: Ansible vulnerabilities
ansible vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Ansible.
Software Description
- ansible – Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
Details
It was discovered that Ansible failed to properly handle sensitive information.
A local attacker could use those vulnerabilities to extract them.
(CVE-2017-7481)
(CVE-2018-10855)
(CVE-2018-16837)
(CVE-2018-16876)
(CVE-2019-10156)
It was discovered that Ansible could load configuration files from the current
working directory containing crafted commands. An attacker could run arbitrary
code as result.
(CVE-2018-10874)
(CVE-2018-10875)
It was discovered that Ansible fetch module had a path traversal vulnerability.
A local attacker could copy and overwrite files outside of the specified
destination.
(CVE-2019-3828)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- ansible – 2.7.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ansible – 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ansible – 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
- CVE-2017-7481
- CVE-2018-10855
- CVE-2018-10874
- CVE-2018-10875
- CVE-2018-16837
- CVE-2018-16876
- CVE-2019-10156
- CVE-2019-3828
Source: USN-4072-1: Ansible vulnerabilities
