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RHEL 7 / 8 : Ansible security update (2.9.23) (Important) (RHSA-2021:2663)
high Nessus Plugin ID 151445
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Ansible.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2663 advisory.Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes.
Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.9.23)
Bug Fix(es):
* CVE-2021-3583 ansible: Template Injection through yaml multi-line strings with ansible facts used in template.
See:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.23/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.
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 Ansible package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2663.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?684e1fe0
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 151445
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2663.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/7/2021
Updated: 6/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.6
Temporal Score: 2.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3583
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ansible-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ansible, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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: 7/7/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-3583