RedHat: RHSA-2021-2664:01 Important: Ansible security and bug fix update
Summary
Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node
deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and
does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes.
Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to
managed machines automatically.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
ansible (2.9.23)
Bug Fix(es):
* CVE-2021-3583 ansible: Template Injection through yaml multi-line strings
with ansible facts used in template.
See:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.23/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst
for details on bug fixes in this release.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3583 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7:
Source:
ansible-2.9.23-1.el7ae.src.rpm
noarch:
ansible-2.9.23-1.el7ae.noarch.rpm
ansible-test-2.9.23-1.el7ae.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8:
Source:
ansible-2.9.23-1.el8ae.src.rpm
noarch:
ansible-2.9.23-1.el8ae.noarch.rpm
ansible-test-2.9.23-1.el8ae.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 - noarch
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1968412 - CVE-2021-3583 ansible: Template Injection through yaml multi-line strings with ansible facts used in template.
