Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.2.3 Job Template code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.2.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Job Template Handler. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-1104. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.2.3. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Job Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Ansible Tower through version 3.2.3 has a vulnerability that allows users only with access to define variables for a job template to execute arbitrary code on the Tower server.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was released 05/02/2018 as Bug 1565862 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1104 since 12/04/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/22/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-117320. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Red Hat

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• Ansible Tower

Version

• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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