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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-7466): ansible vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-7466): ansible vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/22/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible, and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ansible

References

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