CVE-2018-16837

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.04

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16837 are fixed in Python-ansible 2.5.11Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16837 are fixed in Python-ansible 2.6.7Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16837 are fixed in Python-ansible 2.7.1Windows
ansible security update(DSA-4396-1) ansible_2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1_all.debLinux
Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system (USN-4072-1) ansible_2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3_all.debLinux
Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system (USN-4072-1) ansible_2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1_all.debLinux
Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system (USN-4072-1) ansible_2.7.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.19.04.1_all.debLinux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16837 are fixed in Python-ansible for linux 2.5.11Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16837 are fixed in Python-ansible for linux 2.6.7Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-16837 are fixed in Python-ansible for linux 2.7.1Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234