SB2019112609 - Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Tower



SB2019112609 - Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Tower

Published: November 26, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112609
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14890)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the application return a list of all users and their passwords in clear text via the "/api/v2/config" URL when applying the Ansible Tower license. A remote low privileged attacker can gain access to passwords of all users of the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.