CVE-2016-9587 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1