Path traversal in Red Hat Ansible



| Updated: 2019-10-14
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-3828
CWE-ID CWE-22
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Ansible
Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH

Vendor Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU21766

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3828

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and copy and overwrite files outside of the specified destination in the local ansible controller host.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ansible: 2.5.0 - 2.7.7

CPE2.3 External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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