ghsa-m956-frf4-m2wr
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-10 17:22
Modified
2024-11-18 16:26
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.2 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Ansible is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems
Details

Ansible before versions 2.1.4.0, 2.2.1.0 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 2.1.3.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.1.4.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.2.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9587"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:45:38Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-04-24T16:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Ansible before versions 2.1.4.0, 2.2.1.0 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible\u0027s handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.",
  "id": "GHSA-m956-frf4-m2wr",
  "modified": "2024-11-18T16:26:08Z",
  "published": "2018-10-10T17:22:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9587"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m956-frf4-m2wr"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-39.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20170115210655/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible\u0027s handling of data sent from client systems"
}


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