Security update for ansible and monasca-installer

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:3029-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9587 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7466 ( NVD ): 8.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7481 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2017-7481 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7481 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ansible provides version 2.2.3.0 and fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2017-7481: Data for lookup plugins used as variables was not being marked as "unsafe" and could lead to unintentional disclosure of information. (bsc#1038785)
  • CVE-2016-9587: Prevent compromised host to execute commands on the controller (bsc#1019021).
  • CVE-2017-7466: Prevent arbitrary code execution on control nodes.

For more information about the upstream bugs fixed, please see /usr/share/doc/packages/ansible/CHANGELOG.md

Additionally, monasca-installer received several compatibility fixes for ansible.

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:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2017-1793=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (noarch)
    • monasca-installer-20170912_10.45-5.1
    • ansible-2.2.3.0-5.1

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