Key Management Errors Affecting ansible package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-ANSIBLE-367887
- published27 Jun 2018
- disclosed31 Jul 2018
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-8614 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 ansible.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8614
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8614
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108