CVE-2019-14864: Medium severity red hat ansible vulnerability

Published Jan 2, 2020
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Updated

Ansible, versions 2.9.x before 2.9.1, 2.8.x before 2.8.7 and Ansible versions 2.7.x before 2.7.15, is not respecting the flag nolog set it to True when Sumologic and Splunk callback plugins are used send tasks results events to collectors. This would discloses and collects any sensitive data.

Affected Software

16 affected componentsFixes available
debian/ansible
2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u12.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u22.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-17.3.0+dfsg-17.7.0+dfsg-3
pip/ansible>=2.9.0a1<2.9.1
2.9.1
pip/ansible>=2.8.0a1<2.8.7
2.8.7
pip/ansible>=2.7.0a1<2.7.15
2.7.15
redhat ansible>=2.7.0<2.7.15
redhat ansible>=2.8.0<2.8.7
redhat ansible>=2.9.0<2.9.1
redhat Ansible Tower=3.0
redhat Ceph Storage=3.0
redhat CloudForms Management Engine=5.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=6.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
openSUSE Backports SLE=15.0-sp1
openSUSE Leap=15.1

Event History

Jan 2, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:23 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:23 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Feb 26, 2020
Advisory Published
via GitHub·07:54 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2019-14864?

CVE-2019-14864 is a vulnerability in Ansible versions 2.9.x before 2.9.1, 2.8.x before 2.8.7, and 2.7.x before 2.7.15.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2019-14864?

CVE-2019-14864 has a severity rating of 6.5 (medium).

3

How does CVE-2019-14864 affect Ansible?

CVE-2019-14864 affects Ansible by not respecting the flag no_log when Sumologic and Splunk callback plugins are used, potentially exposing and collecting sensitive data.

4

What software versions are affected by CVE-2019-14864?

CVE-2019-14864 affects Ansible versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x, and 2.9.x.

5

How can CVE-2019-14864 be fixed?

To fix CVE-2019-14864, upgrade to Ansible versions 2.9.1, 2.8.7, or 2.7.15.

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