Gentoo: GLSA-201411-09: Ansible: Privilege escalation
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ansible. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Ansible users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-1.6.8"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4657 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4657 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-4678 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4678 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-4966 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4966 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-4967 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4967
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-09
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found in Ansible which may allow local privilege escalation.
Background
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/ansible < 1.6.8 >= 1.6.8
Impact
===== A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.