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Amazon Linux 2023 : ansible-core, ansible-test (ALAS2023-2025-918)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233701

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-918 advisory.

 A flaw was found in Ansible. The ansible-core `user` module can allow an unprivileged user to silently create or replace the contents of any file on any system path and take ownership of it when a privileged user executes the `user` module against the unprivileged user's home directory. If the unprivileged user has traversal permissions on the directory containing the exploited target file, they retain full control over the contents of the file as its owner. (CVE-2024-9902)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'dnf update ansible-core --releasever 2023.7.20250331' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2025-918.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-9902.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233701

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-918.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2025

Updated: 4/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9902

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ansible-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ansible-core, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9902