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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Ansible. Affected is an unknown function of the component bitbucket_pipeline_variable Module. This manipulation causes log file. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-20178. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component bitbucket_pipeline_variable Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a log file vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-532. Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.
The weakness was disclosed 05/26/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-20178. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214484 (Debian dla-3695 : ansible - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214484). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploiting
Class: Log fileCWE: CWE-532 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 214484
Nessus Name: Debian dla-3695 : ansible - security update
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
12/17/2020 🔍05/26/2021 🔍
05/26/2021 🔍
01/23/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-20178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-20178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-175867
Entry
Created: 05/26/2021 19:29Updated: 01/23/2025 02:48
Changes: 05/26/2021 19:29 (36), 05/29/2021 15:55 (5), 08/22/2022 09:54 (2), 01/23/2025 02:48 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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