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CVE-2014-4678

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.

Published

2020-02-20T03:15:10.717

Last Modified

2024-11-21T02:10:41.557

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-74

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	redhat	ansible	< 1.6.4	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes

References

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)