ansible is vulnerable to information disclosure. The vulnerability exists in the user module when it passes the ssh_key_passphrase
value to the ssh-keygen
executable as a parameter, allowing any user with access to the process list to retrieve the passphrase in cleartext.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html
usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396