RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (tripleo-ansible) (RHSA-2021:2119)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149998

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (tripleo-ansible).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2119 advisory.

Ansible project for TripleO.

Security Fix(es):

* ansible.log file is visible to unprivileged users (CVE-2021-31918)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section.

Changes to the tripleo-ansible component:

This update prevents Relax and Recover (ReaR) from automatically creating an unrequested backup.
Previously, ReaR automatically created the cron file /etc/cron.d/rear, which ran a backup at 1:30 AM. This update prevents the automatic creation of the cron job. (BZ#1919174)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (tripleo-ansible) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2119.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149998

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2119.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/27/2021

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tripleo-ansible

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31918

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2021:2119

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