Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU34881

Input validation error in Ansible - CVE-2014-2686

Published: January 9, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU34881

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2686

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Red Hat Inc.

Affected software:
Ansible

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

Ansible prior to 1.5.4 mishandles the evaluation of some strings.

Install update from vendor's website.