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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891576
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1576-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ansible' package(s) announced via the DLA-1576-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ansible' package(s) announced via the DLA-1576-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that there was a potential SSH passphrase disclosure vulnerability in the ansible configuration management system,

The User module leaked data that was passed as a parameter to the ssh-keygen(1) utility, thus revealing any credentials in cleartext form in the global process list.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this issue has been fixed in ansible version 1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ansible packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'ansible' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16837
BugTraq ID: 105700
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105700
Debian Security Information: DSA-4396 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00012.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3460
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3460
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3461
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3461
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3462
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3462
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3463
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3463
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3505
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1125 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1635 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1858 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
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