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RedHat: RHSA-2019-4243-01 Important: Ansible Tower RHEL7 Security Fix

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security notification for Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.2-1 on RHEL7 focusing on various significant vulnerabilities and necessary patches.
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.2-1 - RHEL7 Container 2

Solution

For information on upgrading Ansible Tower, reference the Ansible Tower Upgrade and Migration Guide: https://legacy-controller-docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/ index.html

Summary

* Added a command to generate a new SECRET_KEY and rekey the database * Removed the guest user from the optionally-configured RabbitMQ admin interface (CVE-2019-19340) * Fixed slow queries for /api/v2/instances and /api/v2/instance_groups when smart inventories are used * Fixed assorted issues with preserving permissions in the Ansible Tower backup playbook (CVE-2019-19341) * Fixed a partial password disclosure when special characters existed in the RabbitMQ password (CVE-2019-19342) * Fixed hang in error handling for source control checkouts * Fixed an error on subsequent job runs that override the branch of a project on an instance that did not have a prior project checkout * Fixed an issue where supervisord would not shut down correctly * Fixed an issue where jobs launched in isolated or container groups would incorrectly timeout * Fixed link to instance groups documentation in the user interface * Fixed retrieval of Red Hat subscription data when running in OpenShift * Fixed editing of inventory on Workflow templates * Fixed multiple issues with OAuth2 token cleanup system jobs * Fixed custom email notifications for workflow approve and deny * Updated SAML implementation to automatically log if authorization exists * Updated AngularJS to 1.7.9 for CVE-2019-10768 * Updated installer to not install PostgreSQL server on all nodes * Updated bundled installer to contain both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 builds

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19340 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19341 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19342 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:4243-01
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower
Issue date: 2019-12-16

Topic

Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.2-1 - RHEL7 Container

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

1782623 - CVE-2019-19342 Tower: special characters in RabbitMQ passwords causes web socket 500 error

1782624 - CVE-2019-19340 Tower: enabling RabbitMQ manager in the installer exposes the management interface publicly

1782625 - CVE-2019-19341 Tower: intermediate files during Tower backup are world-readable

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