CVE-2019-19342 Information disclosure in Tower
An attacker can obtain partial plaintext passwords via a socket error when requesting the websocket endpoint with specific characters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-19342?
CVE-2019-19342 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Ansible Tower, published on 19 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Ansible Tower, versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, when /websocket is requested and the password contains the '#' character. This request would cause a socket error in RabbitMQ when parsing the password and an HTTP error code 500 and partial password disclose will occur in plaintext. An attacker could easily guess some predictable passwords or brute force the password.
Weakness: CWE-209
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19342?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Ansible Tower.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19342?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19342 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-19342 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19342 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Ansible Tower
Sources
Also known as GHSA-85r5-c7pw-c69h.