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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6846-1
June 25, 2024

ansible vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Ansible.

Software Description:
- ansible: Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system

Details:

It was discovered that Ansible incorrectly handled certain inputs when using
tower_callback parameter. If a user or an automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu
18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3697)

It was discovered that Ansible incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or
an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a Template Injection.
(CVE-2023-5764)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   ansible                         2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   ansible                         2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   ansible                         2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   ansible                         2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6846-1
   CVE-2022-3697, CVE-2023-5764