UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8628

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8628
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8628.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8628
Related
Published
2018-07-31T20:29:00Z
Modified
2018-07-31T20:29:00Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.2+dfsg-2
1.9.4-1

2.*

2.0.0.2-2
2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ansible"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.1+dfsg-1

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.1.0+dfsg-2
2.5.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.1+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "ansible"
        }
    ]
}