CVE-2014-4678

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4678
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-20 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-25 16:12:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw MISC groups.google.com Third Party Advisory
FreeBSD: ansible -- remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2014-4678) MISC www.rapid7.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2014-4678 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-4678: Ansible: Privilege escalation MISC www.rapid7.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: Ansible CVE requests MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Ansible CVE requests MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Change safe_eval to a strict white list · ansible/ansible@5429b85 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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