PT-2018-4976 · Red Hat · Ansible Tower

Andrej Nemec · Published 2018-09-11 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2016-7070

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.0

High

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansible Tower versions prior to 3.0.3

Description A privilege escalation flaw was found in Ansible Tower, where it incorrectly configures the trust level of the postgres user when deploying a PostgreSQL database. This allows an attacker to gain admin level access to the database.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.3, update to version 3.0.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the PostgreSQL database to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-266

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7070

Affected Products

Ansible Tower

References · 4

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7070 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070 · Vendor Advisory