This security advisory describes one low risk vulnerability.
1) Use of insufficiently random values
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C] [PCI]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10729
CWE-ID: CWE-330 - Use of Insufficiently Random Values
Exploit availability: No
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to usegae of insufficiently random values in Ansible. Two random password lookups of the same length generate the equal value as the template caching action for the same file since no re-evaluation happens.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Ansible: 2.9.0, 2.9.0 rc1, 2.9.0 rc2, 2.9.0 rc3, 2.9.0 rc4, 2.9.0 rc5, 2.9.0b1, 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.9.3, 2.9.4, 2.9.5
CPE
External links
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34144https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831089
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
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