Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Ansible Code Injection Vulnerability 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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	ansible	>=0 <1.6.6+dfsg-1	1.6.6+dfsg-1
debian 14	ansible	>=0 <1.6.6+dfsg-1	1.6.6+dfsg-1
debian 11	ansible	>=0 <1.6.6+dfsg-1	1.6.6+dfsg-1
debian 12	ansible	>=0 <1.6.6+dfsg-1	1.6.6+dfsg-1
pypi	ansible	>=0 <1.6.4	1.6.4

Aliases

1. CVE-2014-46782. NVD-2014-46783. OSV-DEBIAN-2014-46784. OSV-2014-46785. GCVE-2014-46786. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2014-4678

References

1. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d19162. https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml3. https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ4. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/305. https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/26. https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf57. https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678

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