Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:4243 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2019-12-16
Updated:
2019-12-16

RHSA-2019:4243 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.2-1 - RHEL7 Container

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.2-1 - RHEL7 Container

Description

  • Added a command to generate a new SECRET_KEY and rekey the database
  • Removed the guest user from the optionally-configured RabbitMQ admin interface (CVE-2019-19340)
  • Fixed slow queries for /api/v2/instances and /api/v2/instance_groups when smart inventories are used
  • Fixed assorted issues with preserving permissions in the Ansible Tower backup playbook (CVE-2019-19341)
  • Fixed a partial password disclosure when special characters existed in the RabbitMQ password (CVE-2019-19342)
  • Fixed hang in error handling for source control checkouts
  • Fixed an error on subsequent job runs that override the branch of a project on an instance that did not have a prior project checkout
  • Fixed an issue where supervisord would not shut down correctly
  • Fixed an issue where jobs launched in isolated or container groups would incorrectly timeout
  • Fixed link to instance groups documentation in the user interface
  • Fixed retrieval of Red Hat subscription data when running in OpenShift
  • Fixed editing of inventory on Workflow templates
  • Fixed multiple issues with OAuth2 token cleanup system jobs
  • Fixed custom email notifications for workflow approve and deny
  • Updated SAML implementation to automatically log if authorization exists
  • Updated AngularJS to 1.7.9 for CVE-2019-10768
  • Updated installer to not install PostgreSQL server on all nodes
  • Updated bundled installer to contain both Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8 builds

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

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Text-Only Advisories for RHEL 7 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1782623 - CVE-2019-19342 Tower: special characters in RabbitMQ passwords causes web socket 500 error
  • BZ - 1782624 - CVE-2019-19340 Tower: enabling RabbitMQ manager in the installer exposes the management interface publicly
  • BZ - 1782625 - CVE-2019-19341 Tower: intermediate files during Tower backup are world-readable

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.