VDB-123139 · CVE-2018-10884 · Nessus 112212

Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.1.7/3.2.6 authentication.py cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.1.7/3.2.6. Impacted is an unknown function of the file awx/api/authentication.py. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-10884. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.1.7/3.2.6. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file awx/api/authentication.py. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Ansible Tower before versions 3.1.8 and 3.2.6 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in awx/api/authentication.py. An attacker could exploit this by tricking already authenticated users into visiting a malicious site and hijacking the authtoken cookie.

The bug was discovered 08/22/2018. The weakness was shared 08/22/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-10884 since 05/09/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 112212 (Ansible Tower 3.1.x < 3.1.8 / 3.2.x < 3.2.6 CSRF vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 14008 (Red Hat Ansible Tower Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 3.1.8 or 3.2.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (112212) and SecurityFocus (BID 105136†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Red Hat

Name

Ansible Tower

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License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Nessus ID: 112212
Nessus Name: Ansible Tower 3.1.x < 3.1.8 / 3.2.x < 3.2.6 CSRF vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ansible Tower 3.1.8/3.2.7

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05/09/2018 🔍
08/13/2018 +96 days 🔍
08/22/2018 +8 days 🔍
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08/23/2018 +1 days 🔍
08/31/2018 +8 days 🔍
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