SB2020031237 - Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible 

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SB2020031237 - Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible

Published: March 12, 2020 Updated: July 7, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020031237
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1739)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to password being exposed to local users when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module. A local user can read the cmdline file from that particular PID on the procfs and obtain the password.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References