Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting ansible package, versions <1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-ANSIBLE-367936
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed20 Feb 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2014-4660  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 ansible to version 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging existence of a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/&#34; format.

CVSS Scores

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