Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere Affecting ansible package, versions <2.9.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE312-ANSIBLE-589780
  • published 1 Jan 2020
  • disclosed 31 Mar 2020

How 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

5.6 medium