Bug 1859139 (CVE-2020-14337) - CVE-2020-14337 Tower: Named URLs allow for testing the presence or absence of objects
Summary: CVE-2020-14337 Tower: Named URLs allow for testing the presence or absence of...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-14337
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: 1859222
Blocks: 1859101
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-07-21 10:31 UTC by Borja Tarraso
Modified: 2021-02-16 19:38 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ansible_tower 3.7.2, ansible_tower 3.8.0
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A data exposure flaw was found in Tower, where sensitive data was revealed from the HTTP return error codes. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve pages from the default organization and verify existing usernames. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
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Last Closed: 2020-08-05 19:27:52 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:3328 0 None None None 2020-08-05 14:46:59 UTC

Description Borja Tarraso 2020-07-21 10:31:31 UTC 
Ansible Tower automatically associates an alias to a user's email in the API. This means that an attacker can query or search for a user based on their email address. Because of this, it is possible to check and see if an arbitrary user exists.
Comment 1 Borja Tarraso 2020-07-21 10:31:36 UTC 
Statement:

Ansible Tower 3.7.1 as well as previous versions are affected.
Comment 2 Borja Tarraso 2020-07-21 10:31:39 UTC 
Mitigation:

There is no mitigation for this issue.
Comment 5 Borja Tarraso 2020-07-29 20:45:29 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Joshua Niemann (IBM GTS)
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-08-05 14:46:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2020:3328 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3328
Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-08-05 19:27:52 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-2020-14337
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