Red Hat Ansible up to 2.5.14/2.6.13/2.7.7 Fetch path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Red Hat Ansible up to 2.5.14/2.6.13/2.7.7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Fetch Module. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-3828. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat Ansible up to 2.5.14/2.6.13/2.7.7. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Fetch Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Ansible fetch module before versions 2.5.15, 2.6.14, 2.7.8 has a path traversal vulnerability which allows copying and overwriting files outside of the specified destination in the local ansible controller host, by not restricting an absolute path.

The bug was discovered 04/02/2019. The weakness was released 03/27/2019 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-3828 since 01/03/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176593 (Debian Security Update for ansible (DSA 4396-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.5.15, 2.6.14 or 2.7.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105700†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-120172, VDB-121475, VDB-125887 and VDB-128663. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• Red Hat

Name

• Ansible

Version

• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.8
• 2.5.9
• 2.5.10
• 2.5.11
• 2.5.12
• 2.5.13
• 2.5.14
• 2.6.0
• 2.6.1
• 2.6.2
• 2.6.3
• 2.6.4
• 2.6.5
• 2.6.6
• 2.6.7
• 2.6.8
• 2.6.9
• 2.6.10
• 2.6.11
• 2.6.12
• 2.6.13
• 2.7.0
• 2.7.1
• 2.7.2
• 2.7.3
• 2.7.4
• 2.7.5
• 2.7.6
• 2.7.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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