CVE-2018-16879

Ansible Tower before version 3.3.3 does not set a secure channel as it is using the default insecure configuration channel settings for messaging celery workers from RabbitMQ. This could lead in data leak of sensitive information such as passwords as well as denial of service attacks by deleting projects or inventory files.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16879	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106310	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-01-03 06:29

Updated : 2023-02-02 18:12

NVD link : CVE-2018-16879

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16879

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-311

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

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Products Affected

redhat

ansible_tower

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