| Name | CVE-2023-4237 |
| Description | A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. When creating a new keypair, the ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1055300 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ansible (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.2.1.0-2+deb9u3 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u2 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 10.5.0+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ansible | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| ansible | source | bullseye | 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | |||
| ansible | source | bookworm | 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 | |||
| ansible | source | (unstable) | 9.4.0+dfsg-1 | 1055300 |
[buster] - ansible <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv
https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1704
Fixed by: https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/commit/1a077fb3a15241db8964dc086d3b15370bbd1e4a (7.0.0)