GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j
Ansible Code Injection Vulnerability
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2014-4678
- Aliases
- PYSEC-2020-203
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · ansible | introduced 0, fixed 1.6.4 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 WEB
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml WEB
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ WEB
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678 WEB
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30 WEB
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2 WEB
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5 WEB
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |