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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-77 Normal: Ansible Remote Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Urgent: Gentoo's Ansible exhibits a security flaw that could enable unauthorized remote command execution by malicious users. Immediate patching is essential.
A vulnerability in Ansible may allow rogue clients to execute commands on the Ansible controller.

Summary

An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote execution normal severity ansible

Resolution

All Ansible 2.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-2.1.4.0_rc3"
All Ansible 2.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-2.2.1.0_rc5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9587 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9587

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77
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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: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date: January 31, 2017
Bugs: #605342
ID: 201701-77

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote execution normal severity ansible

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Ansible may allow rogue clients to execute commands on the Ansible controller.

Background

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/ansible < 2.1.4.0_rc3 >= 2.1.4.0_rc3 < 2.2.1.0_rc5 >= 2.2.1.0_rc5

Impact

===== An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible-server privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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