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CVE-2014-4678

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/20/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxredhat:ansible

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-74

References

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916(secalert@redhat.com)

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ(secalert@redhat.com)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678(secalert@redhat.com)

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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