Issued:
2021-03-09
Updated:
2021-03-09

RHSA-2021:0778 - Important: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.7-1 - Container security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.7-1 - Container security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.7-1 - RHEL7 Container

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Security Fix(es):

  • Addressed a security issue which can allow a malicious playbook author to elevate to the awx user from outside the isolated environment: CVE-2021-20253
  • Upgraded to a more recent version of nginx to address CVE-2019-20372
  • Upgraded to a more recent version of autobahn to address CVE-2020-35678
  • Upgraded to a more recent version of jquery to address CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For information on upgrading Ansible Tower, reference the Ansible Tower Upgrade and Migration Guide: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/upgrade-migration-guide/index.html

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformText-Only Advisoriesx86_64

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