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SUSE: CVE-2018-16859: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-16859: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/29/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/03/2019
Modified
04/19/2021

Description

Execution of Ansible playbooks on Windows platforms with PowerShell ScriptBlock logging and Module logging enabled can allow for 'become' passwords to appear in EventLogs in plaintext. A local user with administrator privileges on the machine can view these logs and discover the plaintext password. Ansible Engine 2.8 and older are believed to be vulnerable.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ansible

References

  • SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1
  • CVE-2018-16859

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