Vulnerability in Ansible Tower's Interface Affects SCM Repository Management
CVE-2017-12148

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Ansible Tower
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 July 2018

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Ansible Tower's interface versions prior to 3.1.5 and 3.2.0 related to SCM repository definitions. If the 'delete before update' flag is not enabled, an attacker with commit privileges to the upstream playbook repository can craft a malicious playbook. This Trojan playbook, once executed by Tower, can modify the SCM repository, introducing git hooks that may execute arbitrary commands in the context of the user under which Tower is running.

Affected Version(s)

Ansible Tower 3.1.5

Ansible Tower 3.2.0

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3005
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12148
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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