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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16837: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform security update (CESA-2019:0564)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-16837: Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform security update (CESA-2019:0564)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/23/2018
Created
09/05/2019
Added
09/05/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen. This could lean in undesirable situations such as passphrases credentials passed as a parameter for the ssh-keygen executable. Showing those credentials in clear text form for every user which have access just to the process list.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-python-openstackclient-lang
  • centos-upgrade-python2-barbicanclient
  • centos-upgrade-python2-openstackclient
  • centos-upgrade-python2-openstacksdk

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