rhsa-2021_3874
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2021-10-14 20:21
Modified
2024-11-22 17:28
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0.1 Security and Bug fix Release

Notes

Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 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.
Details
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provides an enterprise framework for building, deploying and managing IT automation at scale. IT Managers can provide top-down guidelines on how automation is applied to individual teams, while automation developers retain the freedom to write tasks that leverage existing knowledge without the overhead. Ansible Automation Platform makes it possible for users across an organization to share, vet, and manage automation content by means of a simple, powerful, and agentless language. Security Fix(es): * ansible: ansible-connection module discloses sensitive info in traceback error message (CVE-2021-3620) 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. Additional Changes: This update fixes various bugs and adds enhancements.
Terms of Use
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