CVE-2018-16837

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen. This could lean in undesirable situations such as passphrases credentials passed as a parameter for the ssh-keygen executable. Showing those credentials in clear text form for every user which have access just to the process list.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16837
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-23T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-311 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/311.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:suse:package_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837 Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16837
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16837
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:33:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:44:49 2018-10-23T15:29Z 2018-10-23T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:44:49 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:44:49 Modified Vulnerability Status updated