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Red Hat RHEL 7: RHSA-2018-3772-01 Moderate: Ansible PowerShell Fix

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An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: ansible security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2018:3772-01
Product:           Red Hat Ansible Engine
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3772
Issue date:        2018-12-04
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-16859 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 - noarch

3. Description:

Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node
deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and
does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes.
Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to
managed machines automatically.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.7.4)

Security fix(es):

* ansible: become password logged in plaintext when used with PowerShell on
Windows (CVE-2018-16859)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Igor Turovsky for reporting this issue.

Bug Fix(es):

See
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.7.4/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1649607 - CVE-2018-16859 ansible: become password logged in plaintext when used with PowerShell on Windows

6. Package List:

Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7:

Source:
ansible-2.7.4-1.el7ae.src.rpm

noarch:
ansible-2.7.4-1.el7ae.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16859
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat RHEL 7: RHSA-2018-3772-01 Moderate: Ansible PowerShell Fix

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The latest guidance from Red Hat regarding the ansible upgrade for RHEL 7 highlights several important security enhancements and bug corrections appropriately.
An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: ansible (2.7.4)
Security fix(es):
* ansible: become password logged in plaintext when used with PowerShell on Windows (CVE-2018-16859)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Igor Turovsky for reporting this issue.
Bug Fix(es):
See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.7.4/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16859 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7:
Source: ansible-2.7.4-1.el7ae.src.rpm
noarch: ansible-2.7.4-1.el7ae.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3772-01
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine
Issue date: 2018-12-04

Topic

An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1649607 - CVE-2018-16859 ansible: become password logged in plaintext when used with PowerShell on Windows

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