CVE-2016-8647 Information

Description

An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible’s mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0 which may fail to correctly change a password in certain circumstances. Thus the previous password would still be active when it should have been changed.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647 https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.9