Security update for ansible

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:4152-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-3583 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3583 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3620 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-3620 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ansible fixes the following issues:

Update to 2.9.27:

  • CVE-2021-3620: ansible-connection module discloses sensitive info in traceback error message (bsc#1187725).
  • CVE-2021-3583: Template Injection through yaml multi-line strings with ansible facts used in template (bsc#1188061).
  • ansible module nmcli is broken in ansible 2.9.13 (bsc#1176460)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
    zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2021-4152=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-4152=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-4152=1

Package List:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8 (x86_64)
    • ansible-2.9.27-3.21.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (x86_64)
    • ansible-2.9.27-3.21.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (x86_64)
    • ansible-2.9.27-3.21.1

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