Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Ansible sets unsafe permissions for sources.list Ansible before 1.5.5 sets 0644 permissions for sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by reading a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
pypi	ansible	>=0 <1.5.5	1.5.5
debian 13	ansible	>=0 <1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 11	ansible	>=0 <1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 14	ansible	>=0 <1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
debian 12	ansible	>=0 <1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2014-46592. NVD-2014-46593. OSV-2014-46594. OSV-DEBIAN-2014-46595. GCVE-2014-46596. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2014-4659

References

1. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/a0e027fe362fbc209dbeff2f72d6e95f39885c692. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md3. https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-201.yaml4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200229060001/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68234

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