RedHat: RHSA-2019-0431:01 Moderate: ansible security and bug fix update
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 (2.7.8)
Security fix(es):
* ansible: path traversal in the fetch module (CVE-2019-3828)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
See
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.7.8/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3828 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server:
Source:
ansible-2.7.8-1.el7ae.src.rpm
noarch:
ansible-2.7.8-1.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/
Topic
An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.7.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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1676689 - CVE-2019-3828 Ansible: path traversal in the fetch module
