cve-2014-4657
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-20 14:28
Modified
2024-08-06 11:20
Severity ?
Summary
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.mdRelease Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.mdRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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