Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7.x/2.8.x/2.9.x Package use argument injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7.x/2.8.x/2.9.x. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Package Module. Such manipulation of the argument use as part of Parameter leads to argument injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-1738. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7.x/2.8.x/2.9.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Package Module. The manipulation of the argument use as part of a Parameter leads to a argument injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

The weakness was released 03/16/2020 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1738 since 11/27/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/22/2022). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-151708, VDB-151707, VDB-151705 and VDB-151704. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Red Hat

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• Ansible Engine

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• 2.7.x
• 2.8.x
• 2.9.x

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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