Red Hat has released an Ansible 2.7 security and bug fix update.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: Ansible security and bug fix update (2.7.16)
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0217-01
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0217
Issue date: 2020-01-23
CVE Names: CVE-2019-14904 CVE-2019-14905
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1. Summary:
An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.7
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server - noarch
3. Description:
Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management,
multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over
SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote
nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred
to managed machines automatically.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.7.16)
Bug Fix(es):
* CVE-2019-14904 Ansible: vulnerability in solaris_zone module via crafted
solaris zone
* CVE-2019-14905 Ansible: malicious code could craft filename in
nxos_file_copy module
See:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.7.16/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.r
st for details on bug fixes in this release.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1776943 - CVE-2019-14905 Ansible: malicious code could craft filename in nxos_file_copy module
1776944 - CVE-2019-14904 Ansible: vulnerability in solaris_zone module via crafted solaris zone
6. Package List:
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server:
Source:
ansible-2.7.16-1.el7ae.src.rpm
noarch:
ansible-2.7.16-1.el7ae.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14904
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14905
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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