CVE-2016-9587

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9587
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-24 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAnsible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ansible Ansible All All All All
Application Ansible Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 11 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 11.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 11.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Ansible: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201701-77) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Ansible 2.1.4/2.2.1 - Command Execution - Linux remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1404378 – (CVE-2016-9587) CVE-2016-9587 Ansible: Compromised remote hosts can lead to running commands on the Ansible controller CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Ansible CVE-2016-9587 Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981352 Python (pip) Security Update for ansible (GHSA-m956-frf4-m2wr)

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