CVE-2018-16837 (GCVE-0-2018-16837)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-23 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Impacted products
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[UNKNOWN] Ansible Affected: n/a
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