CVE-2021-3620

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3620
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-03 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-28 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-209

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible Automation Platform Early Access 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 1 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 16.1 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization For Ibm Power Little Endian 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Manager 4.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3695-1] ansible security update lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
ansible/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst at stable-2.9 · ansible/ansible · GitHub MISC github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Fixed exposed credentials in exception · ansible/ansible@fe28767 · GitHub MISC github.com
1975767 – (CVE-2021-3620) CVE-2021-3620 Ansible: ansible-connection module discloses sensitive info in traceback error message MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182689 Debian Security Update for ansibleansible-core (CVE-2021-3620)
  • 239679 Red Hat Update for Ansible (RHSA-2021:3872)
  • 239680 Red Hat Update for Ansible (RHSA-2021:3871)
  • 239893 Red Hat Update for rhv engine and host common packages (RHSA-2021:4703)
  • 282037 Fedora Security Update for ansible (FEDORA-2021-0e7910e389)
  • 282038 Fedora Security Update for ansible (FEDORA-2021-71ff867094)
  • 6000405 Debian Security Update for ansible (DLA 3695-1)
  • 690196 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for ansible (9a8514f3-2ab8-11ec-b3a1-8c164582fbac)
  • 752570 SUSE Enterprise Linux Important for SUSE Manager Client Tools (SUSE-SU-2022:3178-1)
  • 900748 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for ansible (8942)
  • 902007 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for ansible (8942-1)
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