Vulnerabilites related to unspecified - Ansible
CVE-2016-9587 (GCVE-0-2016-9587)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-04-24 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:59
CWE
Summary
Ansible 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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/ exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
unspecified Ansible Version: ansible 2.1.4
Version: ansible 2.2.1
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