PT-2020-7681 · Ansible+1 · Ansible+2

Published 2014-04-02 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2014-4657

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansible versions prior to 1.5.4

Description The issue arises from the safe eval function not properly restricting the code subset, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.4, update to version 1.5.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the safe eval function until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1425

CVE-2014-4657

GHSA-QG47-5PX9-32G7

PYSEC-2020-199

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ansible

Ansible-Core

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4657 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4657 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qg47-5px9-32g7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4657 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-4657 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible · Note
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md · Note
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-199.yaml · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210120133852/https://securityfocus.com/bid/68232 · Note
• https://securityfocus.com/bid/68232 · Note