CVE-2017-7466: Input Validation
First published: Wed Apr 05 2017(Updated: )
Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Ansible | <2.3 | |
| Redhat Openstack | =10 | |
| Redhat Openstack | =11 | |
| redhat/ansible | <2.3 | 2.3 |
| pip/ansible | <2.2.3.0 | 2.2.3.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97595
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1244
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1334
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1499
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1599
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7466
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9587
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1441356
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1441358
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1441355
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1441357
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439212
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7466
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/24186
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170701161323/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97595
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3m8p-xpm6-8ww3 (Advisory)
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/0d418789a298561fded9bce977d34babc9097079
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/7ff9fa52cfcef2065f0db80d85dd94b9b754839c
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-40.yaml
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