CVE-2014-4678 Information

Description

The 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2 https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5 https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8