pysec-2020-203
Vulnerability from pysec
Published
2020-02-20 03:15
Modified
2021-07-02 02:41
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
          "type": "GIT"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0",
        "1.1",
        "1.2",
        "1.2.1",
        "1.2.2",
        "1.2.3",
        "1.3.0",
        "1.3.1",
        "1.3.2",
        "1.3.3",
        "1.3.4",
        "1.4",
        "1.4.1",
        "1.4.2",
        "1.4.3",
        "1.4.4",
        "1.4.5",
        "1.5",
        "1.5.1",
        "1.5.2",
        "1.5.3",
        "1.5.4",
        "1.5.5",
        "1.6",
        "1.6.1",
        "1.6.2",
        "1.6.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-4678"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2020-203",
  "modified": "2021-07-02T02:41:33.286907Z",
  "published": "2020-02-20T03:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ"
    }
  ]
}


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