Improper Access Control Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.3.0.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-5397967
  • published1 Apr 2023
  • disclosed2 Aug 2017

Introduced: 2 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-2664  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.3.0.0-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1758.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1 lacks RBAC controls on certain methods in the rails application portion of CloudForms. An attacker with access could use a variety of methods within the rails application portion of CloudForms to escalate privileges.