Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere Affecting ansible package, versions <2.7.16-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE39-ANSIBLE-589717
  • published1 Jan 2020
  • disclosed31 Mar 2020

Introduced: 1 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-14905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-610  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.9 ansible to version 2.7.16-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:3.9 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

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