Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere Affecting ansible package, versions <2.9.3-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE312-ANSIBLE-589780
- published 1 Jan 2020
- disclosed 31 Mar 2020
Introduced: 1 Jan 2020
CVE-2019-14905 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.12 ansible to version 2.9.3-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.12 relevant fixed versions and status.
A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14905
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14905
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/