{"id":"MGASA-2017-0399","summary":"Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerability","details":"A flaw was found in the way Ansible passed certain parameters to the\njenkins_plugin module. A remote attacker could use this flaw to expose\nsensitive information from a remote host's logs. This flaw was fixed by\nnot allowing passwords to be specified in the \"params\" argument, and\nnoting this in the module documentation (CVE-2017-7550).\n\nThe ansible package has been updated to version 2.4.1 to fix this issue\nand several other bugs.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:33.778717936Z","published":"2017-11-02T21:47:07Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-7550"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0399.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21902"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.4/CHANGELOG.md"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2966"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/ansible?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.1.0-1.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0399.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/ansible?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.1.0-1.1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0399.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}