UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4658

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4658
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4658.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4658
Upstream
Published
2020-02-20T15:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:12Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading a file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.1+dfsg-1
1.3.4+dfsg-1
1.4.0+dfsg-1
1.4.1+dfsg-1
1.4.3+dfsg-1
1.4.4+dfsg-1
1.5.4+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "ansible"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}