CVE-2019-19342 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-19342

A flaw was found in Ansible Tower, versions 3.6.x before...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Tower
Vulnerable Versions:
all ansible_tower versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2, all ansible_tower versions 3.5.x before 3.5.4

Timeline

Official Publish: December 19th, 2019
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-209

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1592 Gather Victim Host Information
Reconnaissance
T1083 File and Directory Discovery
Discovery
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1212 Exploitation for Defense Evasion
Defense Evasion
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection