cve-2014-4678
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-20 02:49
Modified
2024-08-06 11:27
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678Third Party Advisory
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