MGASA-2018-0439 - Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 11 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0439.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-10874,
     CVE-2018-10875

It was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working
directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's
control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result (CVE-2018-10874).

It was found that ansible.cfg is being read from the current working
directory, which can be made to point to plugin or module paths that are
under control of the attacker. This could allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code (CVE-2018-10875).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23321
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.4/CHANGELOG.md
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/DXWC5D7CU2JQAN3QB3BCCLZMZLTI2N6W/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10874
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10875

SRPMS:
- 6/core/ansible-2.4.6.0-1.1.mga6

Mageia 2018-0439: ansible security update

It was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a ...

Summary

It was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result (CVE-2018-10874).
It was found that ansible.cfg is being read from the current working directory, which can be made to point to plugin or module paths that are under control of the attacker. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-10875).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23321

- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.4/CHANGELOG.md

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/DXWC5D7CU2JQAN3QB3BCCLZMZLTI2N6W/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10874

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10875

Resolution

MGASA-2018-0439 - Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 6/core/ansible-2.4.6.0-1.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 11 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0439.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-10874, CVE-2018-10875

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