Vulnerability CVE-2014-4966

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-4966 (CCN-94755)

Assigned:

2014-07-22

Published:

2014-07-22

Updated:

2020-02-26

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-74

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 21 2014 - 20:36:37 CDT
[oCERT-2014-004] Ansible input sanitization errors

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-4966

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Tue, 22 Jul 2014 03:36:37 +0200
[oCERT-2014-004] Ansible input sanitization errors

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-004.html

Source: CCN
Type: BID-68794
Ansible CVE-2014-4966 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ansible-cve20144966-code-exec(94755)

Source: CCN
Type: Ansible GIT Repository
Ansible

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2014-4966

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 1.6.7)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:redhat:ansible:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:redhat:ansible:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111930	P	ansible-2.2.0.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105498	P	ansible-2.2.0.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201449660000000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2014-07-22
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20144966000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2014-07-22
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20144966000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2014-07-22
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20144966000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2014-07-22
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201449660000000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2014-07-22
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20144966000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2014-07-22
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201449660000000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2014-07-22
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20144966000	V	CVE-2014-4966 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2014-07-22

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