Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20169587000
Revision Date:2018-04-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-9587 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's 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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-9587
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'ansible' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1').
  • BACK