CVE-2018-16837
Ansible SSH Key Generation Module Information Disclosure
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 23, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16837
vulnerability.
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CVE-2018-16837 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-16837 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-214 -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-200 CWE-255 CWE-311 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 14, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 25, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 27, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 25, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:suse:package_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 20, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 28, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16837 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462 Vendor Advisory Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16837 [Vendor Advisory] Added CWE CWE-200 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 06, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 24, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16837 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16837
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.06 }} 0.02%
score
0.26710
percentile