Code Injection in Ansible - CVE-2014-4966
Published: February 18, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30362
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4966
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Ansible
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
ansible (Alpine package)
ansible
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
ansible (Alpine package)
ansible
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4966
Update to version 1.6.7.
Ansible - update to 1.6.7
ansible (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.7-r0
ansible - addressed in versions 1.6.7-1.el6, 1.6.8-1.el6, 1.6.9-1.el6, 1.6.10-1.el6, 1.7-1.el6
ansible (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.7-r0
ansible - addressed in versions 1.6.7-1.el6, 1.6.8-1.el6, 1.6.9-1.el6, 1.6.10-1.el6, 1.7-1.el6