Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-16837 (CCN-151859)

Assigned:2018-10-23
Published:2018-10-23
Updated:2019-10-03
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
6.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-311
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-16837

Source: SUSE
Type: Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2019:1125

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2019:1635

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2019:1858

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
105700

Source: CCN
Type: BID-105700
Ansible CVE-2018-16837 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: REDHAT
Type: Vendor Advisory
RHSA-2018:3460

Source: REDHAT
Type: Vendor Advisory
RHSA-2018:3461

Source: REDHAT
Type: Vendor Advisory
RHSA-2018:3462

Source: REDHAT
Type: Vendor Advisory
RHSA-2018:3463

Source: REDHAT
Type: Vendor Advisory
RHSA-2018:3505

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1640642
(CVE-2018-16837) CVE-2018-16837 Ansible: Information leak in "user" module

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
redhat-cve201816837-info-disc(151859)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20181112 [SECURITY] [DLA 1576-1] ansible security update

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-4072-1

Source: CCN
Type: Ansible Web site
Red Hat Ansible

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4396

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-16837

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/a:suse:package_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:201816837
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837
    2022-06-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111931
    P
    		ansible-2.9.24-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34050
    P
    		Security update for java-1_8_0-ibm (Important) (in QA)
    2022-01-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34011
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-12-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33747
    P
    		Security update for xen (Moderate)
    2021-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93429
    P
    		 (Moderate)
    2021-11-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105499
    P
    		ansible-2.9.24-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33962
    P
    		Security update for openssl-1_0_0 (Important)
    2021-08-24
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60340
    P
    		Security update for openssl-1_1 (Important)
    2021-08-24
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63374
    P
    		sca-patterns-sle12-1.0.2-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62329
    P
    		squashfs-4.4-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63010
    P
    		go1.16-1.16.3-1.11.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62328
    P
    		spectre-meltdown-checker-0.43-3.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62808
    P
    		libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62352
    P
    		xalan-j2-2.7.2-9.64 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33904
    P
    		Security update for avahi (Important)
    2021-06-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33659
    P
    		Security update for libwebp (Critical)
    2021-06-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30070
    P
    		Security update for samba (Important)
    2021-04-29
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29351
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-04-27
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29482
    P
    		Security update for wpa_supplicant (Important)
    2021-03-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59856
    P
    		Security update for python-cryptography (Important)
    2021-03-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60456
    P
    		Security update for tomcat (Moderate)
    2021-02-19
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30026
    P
    		Security update for bind (Important)
    2021-02-18
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60300
    P
    		Security update for postgresql, postgresql12, postgresql13 (Important)
    2021-01-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30007
    P
    		Security update for ImageMagick (Important)
    2021-01-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61058
    P
    		Security update for openexr (Moderate)
    2020-12-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62529
    P
    		gvim-8.0.1568-3.20 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63148
    P
    		dovecot23-2.3.1-2.20 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33290
    P
    		xen on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25560
    P
    		Security update for openldap2 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25410
    P
    		Security update for java-1_8_0-openjdk (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25326
    P
    		Security update for libvirt (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60790
    P
    		Security update for ansible, ardana-ansible, ardana-cinder, ardana-glance, ardana-mq, ardana-nova, ardana-osconfig, crowbar-core, crowbar-openstack, documentation-suse-openstack-cloud, grafana, grafana-natel-discrete-panel, openstack-cinder, openstack-monasca-installer, openstack-neutron, openstack-nova, python-Django, python-Flask-Cors, python-Pillow, python-ardana-packager, python-keystoneclient, python-keystonemiddleware, python-kombu, python-straight-plugin, python-urllib3, release-notes-suse-openstack-cloud, storm, storm-kit, venv-openstack-cinder, venv-openstack-swift (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60718
    P
    		Security update for python3-requests (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60711
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25067
    P
    		Security update for libjpeg-turbo (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60600
    P
    		Security update for postgresql10 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60761
    P
    		Security update for java-1_8_0-openjdk (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29280
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-libX11 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60672
    P
    		Security update for python-PyKMIP (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24986
    P
    		Security update for cronie (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60111
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 12 SP2) (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60634
    P
    		Security update for openssl (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33602
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60552
    P
    		sysvinit-tools on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26432
    P
    		Security update for ansible (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25188
    P
    		Security update for texlive (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25619
    P
    		Security update for libmspack (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26397
    P
    		Security update for plasma5-workspace (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25566
    P
    		Security update for openexr (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25759
    P
    		Security update for icu (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29269
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25416
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25715
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25332
    P
    		Security update for sane-backends (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25701
    P
    		Security update for libexif (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29569
    P
    		Security update for SDL (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63941
    P
    		Security update for python (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60978
    P
    		Security update for java-1_8_0-ibm (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33371
    P
    		Security update for compat-openssl097g
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63835
    P
    		Security update for tiff (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:61028
    P
    		Security update for java-1_8_0-openjdk (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24997
    P
    		Security update for evince (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63701
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60937
    P
    		Security update for galera-3, mariadb, mariadb-connector-c (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24992
    P
    		Security update for polkit (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60899
    P
    		Security update for mariadb (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60815
    P
    		Security update for python3 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26438
    P
    		Security update for ansible (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25194
    P
    		Security update for adns (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26403
    P
    		Security update for ffmpeg (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25765
    P
    		Security update for Adobe Flash Player (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33279
    P
    		vino on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25721
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25707
    P
    		Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25269
    P
    		Security update for libpng12 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29968
    P
    		Security update for libproxy
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74263
    P
    		Security update for ansible (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29919
    P
    		Security update for libevent
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74137
    P
    		Security update for graphviz (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25003
    P
    		Security update for mariadb-100 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29864
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64197
    P
    		ruby2.5-rubygem-actionview-5_1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33278
    P
    		unzip on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29711
    P
    		Security update for Mozilla Firefox
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64085
    P
    		Security update for freetype2 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29626
    P
    		Security update for bzip2 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64043
    P
    		Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34797
    P
    		Security update for ansible, python-straight-plugin (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33506
    P
    		Security update for openslp
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34757
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25061
    P
    		Security update for libseccomp (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34119
    P
    		Security update for ncurses (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60041
    P
    		Security update for bash (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34075
    P
    		Security update for libxml2 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29268
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25275
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30745
    P
    		Security update for ansible, python-straight-plugin (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25613
    P
    		Security update for libsolv (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30708
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84511
    P
    		Security update for ansible, ardana-ansible, ardana-cinder, ardana-glance, ardana-mq, ardana-nova, ardana-osconfig, crowbar-core, crowbar-openstack, documentation-suse-openstack-cloud, grafana, grafana-natel-discrete-panel, openstack-cinder, openstack-monasca-installer, openstack-neutron, openstack-nova, python-Django, python-Flask-Cors, python-Pillow, python-ardana-packager, python-keystoneclient, python-keystonemiddleware, python-kombu, python-straight-plugin, python-urllib3, release-notes-suse-openstack-cloud, storm, storm-kit, venv-openstack-cinder, venv-openstack-swift (Important)
    2020-11-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84056
    P
    		Security update for ansible, ardana-ansible, ardana-cinder, ardana-glance, ardana-mq, ardana-nova, ardana-osconfig, crowbar-core, crowbar-openstack, documentation-suse-openstack-cloud, grafana, grafana-natel-discrete-panel, openstack-cinder, openstack-monasca-installer, openstack-neutron, openstack-nova, python-Django, python-Flask-Cors, python-Pillow, python-ardana-packager, python-keystoneclient, python-keystonemiddleware, python-kombu, python-straight-plugin, python-urllib3, release-notes-suse-openstack-cloud, storm, storm-kit, venv-openstack-cinder, venv-openstack-swift (Important)
    2020-11-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100142
    P
    		Security update for ansible (Moderate)
    2019-08-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109887
    P
    		Security update for ansible (Moderate)
    2019-06-27
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018168370000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201816837000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2018168370000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201816837000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018168370000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201816837000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018168370000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201816837000
    V
    		CVE-2018-16837 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-10-23
    BACK
    redhat ansible engine 2.0
    redhat ansible engine 2.5
    redhat ansible engine 2.6
    redhat ansible engine 2.7
    redhat ansible tower 3.3.0
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    suse package hub -
    suse linux enterprise 12.0
    redhat ansible *