CVE-2018-16837

NameCVE-2018-16837
DescriptionAnsible "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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1576-1, DSA-4396-1
Debian Bugs912297

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ansible (PTS)buster2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1fixed
bookworm7.3.0+dfsg-1fixed
sid7.7.0+dfsg-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ansiblesourcejessie1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u1DLA-1576-1
ansiblesourcestretch2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1DSA-4396-1
ansiblesource(unstable)2.7.1+dfsg-1912297

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1640642
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/47436

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