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Debian: CVE-2018-16837: ansible -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-16837: ansible -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/23/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/19/2019
Modified
02/18/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ansible

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