Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-4678
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.047
EPSS Ranking 88.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
Products affected by CVE-2014-4678
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.01
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.3
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0