Vulnerability in Debian Linux
CVE-2020-10685
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when using modules which decrypts vault files such as assemble, script, unarchive, win_copy, aws_s3 or copy modules. The temporary directory is created in /tmp leaves the s ts unencrypted. On Operating Systems which /tmp is not a tmpfs but part of the root partition, the directory is only cleared on boot and the decryp emains when the host is switched off. The system will be vulnerable when the system is not running. So decrypted data must be cleared as soon as possible and the data which normally is encrypted ble.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
- Red Hat Ansible — versions ansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17, ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.11, ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.7
- Red Hat Ansible Engine
- Red Hat Ansible Tower
- Red Hat Ceph Storage — versions 2.0, 3.0
- Red Hat OpenStack — versions 10, 13, 15
- Red Hat Storage — versions 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68433 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-10685?
- CVE-2020-10685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Linux, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2020-05-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-10685?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-10685 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.