Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202102-30
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2021-02-20
CVE-ID  : CVE-2021-20228
Package : ansible-base
Type    : information disclosure
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1562

Summary
======
The package ansible-base before version 2.10.6-1 is vulnerable to
information disclosure.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.10.6-1.

# pacman -Syu "ansible-base>=2.10.6-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.10.6.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, where sensitive info is not
masked by default and is not protected by the no_log feature when using
the sub-option feature of the basic.py module. This flaw allows an
attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Impact
=====
A local attacker is able to disclose sensitive information when running
an Ansible playbook.

References
=========
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e41d1f0a3fd6c466192e7e24accd3d1c6501111b
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-20228

ArchLinux: 202102-30: ansible-base: information disclosure

February 25, 2021

Summary

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, where sensitive info is not masked by default and is not protected by the no_log feature when using the sub-option feature of the basic.py module. This flaw allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.10.6-1. # pacman -Syu "ansible-base>=2.10.6-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.10.6.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925002 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73487 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e41d1f0a3fd6c466192e7e24accd3d1c6501111b https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-20228

Severity
Package : ansible-base
Type : information disclosure
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1562

Workaround

None.

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