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Gentoo: GLSA-201411-09 Normal: Ansible Privilege Escalation Risk Advisory

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Notice about Ansible security flaws in Gentoo. Update now to mitigate possible risks of privilege elevation.
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found in Ansible which may allow local privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ansible. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update privilege escalation normal severity ansible IT automation

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
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Ansible: Privilege escalation
Date: November 23, 2014
Bugs: #516564, #517770
ID: 201411-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update privilege escalation normal severity ansible IT automation

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found in Ansible which may allow local privilege escalation.

Background

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform.

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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.