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Ubuntu: 6846-1 Critical: Ansible Input Handling Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Key vulnerabilities have been patched in Ansible that impact various Ubuntu LTS versions. Ensure to update your systems immediately!
Several security issues were fixed in Ansible.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Ansible. Software Description: - ansible: Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system Details: It was discovered that Ansible incorrectly handled certain inputs when using tower_callback parameter. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3697) It was discovered that Ansible incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a Template Injection. (CVE-2023-5764)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ansible 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ansible 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ansible 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ansible 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6846-1

CVE-2022-3697, CVE-2023-5764

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6846-1

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