DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16837

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16837
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16837.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16837
Upstream
Published
2018-10-23T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:32Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}