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RHSA-2021:2119

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2021-05-26 11:48 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:22

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (tripleo-ansible) security update

Severity

Important

Notes

Topic: An update for tripleo-ansible is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 (Train). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Details: Ansible project for TripleO. Security Fix(es): * ansible.log file is visible to unprivileged users (CVE-2021-31918) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Changes to the tripleo-ansible component: This update prevents Relax and Recover (ReaR) from automatically creating an unrequested backup. Previously, ReaR automatically created the cron file /etc/cron.d/rear, which ran a backup at 1:30 AM. This update prevents the automatic creation of the cron job. (BZ#1919174)

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CVE-2021-31918

A flaw was found in tripleo-ansible. The Ansible log file is readable to all users during stack update and creation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Affected products

Fixed 2 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHOS-16.1:tripleo-ansible-0:0.5.1-1.20210323173506.el8ost.noarch		—	Vendor Fix fix Workaround
Unresolved product id: 8Base-RHOS-16.1:tripleo-ansible-0:0.5.1-1.20210323173506.el8ost.src		—	Vendor Fix fix Workaround

Threats

Impact Important

References

18 references

URL	Category
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2119	self
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899404	external
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1916162	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917891	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1919174	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934379	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949290	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1949398	external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954250	external
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/a…	self
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31918	self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954250	external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31918	external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31918	external

Acknowledgments

Red Hat Cédric Jeanneret

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CVE-2021-31918 (GCVE-0-2021-31918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-06 16:23 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:10

Summary

A flaw was found in tripleo-ansible version as shipped in Red Hat Openstack 16.1. The Ansible log file is readable to all users during stack update and creation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-200

Assigner

redhat

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954250	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	tripleo-ansible	Affected: As shipped in Red Hat Openstack 16.1

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RHSA-2021:2119

CVE-2021-31918 (GCVE-0-2021-31918)

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