Information disclosure in Ansible - CVE-2014-4658
Published: February 20, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30355
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4658
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading a file.
Affected software
Ansible
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4658
Install update from vendor's website.
Ansible - update to 1.5.5