CVE-2021-3532

NameCVE-2021-3532
DescriptionA flaw was found in Ansible where the secret information present in async_files are getting disclosed when the user changes the jobdir to a world readable directory. Any secret information in an async status file will be readable by a malicious user on that system. This flaw affects Ansible Tower 3.7 and Ansible Automation Platform 1.2.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1014722

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ansible (PTS)buster, buster (security)2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1vulnerable
bookworm7.3.0+dfsg-1vulnerable
trixie, sid7.7.0+dfsg-2vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ansiblesourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
ansiblesource(unstable)(unfixed)1014722
ansible-basesource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[bookworm] - ansible <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when/if fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - ansible <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when/if fixed upstream)
[buster] - ansible <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when/if fixed upstream)
[stretch] - ansible <end-of-life> (EOL'd for stretch)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956464

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