CVE-2016-8614 Information

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614 https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237 https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353 https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5