CVE-2014-4678

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-4678
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-02-20T03:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-02-25T16:12:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-74 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.6.4
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5 Third Party Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4678
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:48:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 11:36:42 2020-02-20T03:15Z 2020-02-20T03:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 11:36:42 2020-02-25T16:12:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 11:36:42 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated