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CVE-2016-9587

Published: Apr 24, 2018

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.6

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

unspecified

Ansible

affected
ansible 2.1.4
affected
ansible 2.2.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

RHSA-2017:0515
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
41013
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
GLSA-201701-77
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
RHSA-2017:1685
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
95352
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2017:0448
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0195
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0260
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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