CVE-2016-9587

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9587
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-24T16:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-09-13T10:50:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:ansible:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.1
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9587
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9587
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:06:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 05:34:57 2018-04-24T16:29Z 2018-04-24T16:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 05:34:57 2021-09-13T10:50:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 05:34:57 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated