Arbitrary Code Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ansible (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-ANSIBLE-670290
- published27 Jun 2018
- disclosed20 Feb 2020
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2014-4678 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-4678
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2