CVE-2014-4966
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.6.8+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.6.8+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.6.8+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.6.8+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.6.8+dfsg-1 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4966
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4966
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-204.yaml
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-004.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.