Ansible CVE-2018-16837 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	105700
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2018-16837
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Oct 23 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 23 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	Markus Teufelberger
Vulnerable:	AnsibleWorks ansible 2.2.3 AnsibleWorks ansible 2.2 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.9.2 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.6.7 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.6.4 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.5.3 AnsibleWorks ansible 2.3 AnsibleWorks ansible 2.1 AnsibleWorks ansible 2.0 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.9.4 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.9 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.6.6 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.6.5 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.5.5 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.5.4 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.3.1 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.3.0 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.2.3 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.2.2 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.2.1 AnsibleWorks ansible 1.2 AnsibleWorks ansible 0
Not Vulnerable:

Ansible CVE-2018-16837 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Ansible is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to gain access to sensitive information; this may lead to further attacks.

Ansible CVE-2018-16837 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Ansible CVE-2018-16837 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Ansible CVE-2018-16837 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

• ansible Home Page (AnsibleWorks)
  
• Bug 1640642 - (CVE-2018-16837) CVE-2018-16837 Ansible: Information leak in "user (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• CVE-2018-16837 (Red Hat Bugzilla)