Improper Input Validation Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.2.3.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.95% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-5398471
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2017

Introduced: 9 May 2017

CVE-2017-7481  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.2.3.0-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1244.

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.

Ansible before versions 2.3.1.0 and 2.4.0.0 fails to properly mark lookup-plugin results as unsafe. If an attacker could control the results of lookup() calls, they could inject Unicode strings to be parsed by the jinja2 templating system, resulting in code execution. By default, the jinja2 templating language is now marked as 'unsafe' and is not evaluated.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1