SB2020031723 - Information disclosure in ansible (Alpine package)
Published: March 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020031723
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ec2f3b6aa9db9937f43c70b5c3caa8fbf7132575
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d4da1926ae91c64e47306a32a4627148900ff3c8
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=457913175597d4cf53123064b576a5527a9aa0de
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=899a908f75043f9a408b168005ecc557d060f15e
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=609712eebaae8fa38739e422702af34deca6e4d0