CVE-2020-1739

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1739
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-12 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module, it is used on svn command line, disclosing to other users within the same node. An attacker could take advantage by reading the cmdline file from that particular PID on the procfs.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2202-1] ansible security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
1802178 – (CVE-2020-1739) CVE-2020-1739 ansible: svn module leaks password when specified as a parameter CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4950-1 ansible DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Command used in subversion module is problematic · Issue #67797 · ansible/ansible · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178744 Debian Security Update for ansible (DSA 4950-1)
  • 500010 Alpine Linux Security Update for ansible
  • 501350 Alpine Linux Security Update for ansible-base
  • 981357 Python (pip) Security Update for ansible (GHSA-923p-fr2c-g5m2)
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