Bug 1831258 (CVE-2014-4658) - CVE-2014-4658 ansible: incorrect umask mode before creating/editing vault subsystem allows allows exposure of sensitive key information
Summary: CVE-2014-4658 ansible: incorrect umask mode before creating/editing vault sub...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2014-4658
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1831259 1831260
Blocks: 1831267
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Reported: 2020-05-04 18:43 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2021-02-16 14:18 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-05-05 22:31:54 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2020-05-04 18:43:33 UTC 
The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading a file.

References:

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68233
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2020-05-04 18:44:27 UTC 
Created ansible tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1831260]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1831259]
Comment 2 Yadnyawalk Tale 2020-05-05 11:35:49 UTC 
Red Hat CloudForms 5.10 (4.7) and 5.11 (5.0) do not ship `ansible` package, it is provided by the official Ansible repository.
Comment 3 Borja Tarraso 2020-05-05 13:03:49 UTC 
This is a bug for Ansible 1.5.4 and previous versions, really old, and fixed on 1.5.5 and after long time ago, when it was Ansible Core. Currently we support 2.9.x, 2.8.x, and 2.7.x. and from 2.4 it is called Ansible Engine. So Ansible in all supported current versions is not affected.
Comment 4 Hardik Vyas 2020-05-05 13:07:16 UTC 
Red Hat Ceph Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage shipped ansible versions 2.4.1 and 2.3.2 respectively, which are not affected by this vulnerability.
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-05-05 22:31:54 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4658
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