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Debian: CVE-2019-14905: ansible -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-14905: ansible -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/31/2020
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ansible

References

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