Update Info

openSUSE-2022-81


Security update for ansible


Type: security
Severity: important
Issued: 2022-03-16
Description:
Ansible was updated to 2.9.21 to fix lots of bugs and security issues.

Update to version 2.9.20, maintenance release containing numerous bugfixes.

Update to version 2.9.19 with minor changes and a few bug fixes.

Update to version 2.9.18:

* CVE-2021-20228 where default and fallback values for no_log parameters
  to modules were not previously masked. (bsc#1181935)
* CVE-2021-20178 where several parameters to the snmp_facts module were
  logged and displayed despite containing sensitive information. (bsc#1180816)
* CVE-2021-20180 where several parameters to the
  bitbucket_pipeline_variable were logged and displayed despite
  containing sensitive information. (bsc#1180942)
* CVE-2021-20191 which addresses a number of modules whose parameters
  were logged and displayed despite containing sensitive
  information. For the full list of affected modules, refer to the
  changelog linked below. (bsc#1181119)
 
Update to version 2.9.17 with minor changes and a few bug fixes.

Update to version 2.9.16 with minor changes and many bug fixes.

update to version 2.9.15 with following breaking change:

* ansible-galaxy login command has been removed

update to version 2.9.14 with many small improvements and bug fixes,
most notably:

* kubectl - connection plugin now redact kubectl_token and 
   kubectl_password in console log (CVE-2020-1753 bsc#1166389).

update to version 2.9.13 with many bug fixes, most notably:

* A security issue was addressed in the "dnf" module, which previously
  did not check GPG signatures of packages.
* A bug in the "cron" module was fixed. In some cases prior to this
  fix, the module would inadvertently remove cron entries.

update to version 2.9.12 with many bug fixes,
most notably the following security fixes:

* security issue - copy - Redact the value of the no_log 'content' 
  parameter in the result's invocation.module_args in check mode. 
  Previously when used with check mode and with '-vvv', the module would 
  not censor the content if a change would be made to the destination path. 
  (CVE-2020-14332 bsc#1174302)
* security issue atomic_move - change default permissions when creating 
  temporary files so they are not world readable 
  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67794) (CVE-2020-1736 bsc#1164134)
* Fix warning for default permission change when no mode is specified. 
  Follow up to https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67794. 
  (CVE-2020-1736)
* Sanitize no_log values from any response keys that might be returned 
  from the uri module (CVE-2020-14330 bsc#1174145).
* reset logging level to INFO due to CVE-2019-14846.

update to version 2.9.11 with many bug fixes

update to version 2.9.10 with many bug fixes.

- Add CVE-2020-1733_avoid_mkdir_p.patch to fix CVE-2020-1733
  (bsc#1164140)

update to version 2.9.9

* fix for a regression introduced in 2.9.8

update to version 2.9.8, maintenance release containing numerous bugfixes

update to version 2.9.7 with many bug fixes,
especially for these security issues:

- bsc#1164140 CVE-2020-1733 - insecure temporary directory when
  running become_user from become directive
- bsc#1164139 CVE-2020-1734 shell enabled by default in a pipe
  lookup plugin subprocess
- bsc#1164137 CVE-2020-1735 - path injection on dest parameter
  in fetch module
- bsc#1164134 CVE-2020-1736 atomic_move primitive sets
  permissive permissions
- bsc#1164138 CVE-2020-1737 - Extract-Zip function in win_unzip
  module does not check extracted path
- bsc#1164136 CVE-2020-1738 module package can be selected by
  the ansible facts
- bsc#1164133 CVE-2020-1739  - svn module leaks password when
  specified as a parameter
- bsc#1164135 CVE-2020-1740 - secrets readable after
  ansible-vault edit
- bsc#1165393 CVE-2020-1746 - information disclosure issue in
  ldap_attr and ldap_entry modules
- bsc#1166389 CVE-2020-1753 - kubectl connection plugin leaks
  sensitive information
- bsc#1167532 CVE-2020-10684 - code injection when using
  ansible_facts as a subkey
- bsc#1167440 CVE-2020-10685 - modules which use files
  encrypted with vault are not properly cleaned up
- bsc#1167873 CVE-2020-10691 - archive traversal vulnerability in ansible-galaxy collection install [2]

Fixed before 2.9.6, but not yet listed:
- bsc#1171162 CVE-2020-10729 two random password lookups in
  same task return same value
- bsc#1157968 CVE-2019-14904 vulnerability in solaris_zone
  module via crafted solaris zone
- bsc#1157969 CVE-2019-14905 malicious code could craft
  filename in nxos_file_copy module
- bsc#1112959 CVE-2018-16837 Information leak in "user" module patch added
- (bsc#1137528) CVE-2019-10156: ansible: templating causing an
- bsc#1118896 CVE-2018-16876 Information disclosure in vvv+ mode with no_log on (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49569)
- Includes fix for bsc#1099808 (CVE-2018-10875) ansible.cfg is being read
  from current working directory allowing possible code execution


              

References


Packages


  • ansible-2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1