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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201411-09 ] Ansible: Privilege escalation

Posted on 23 November 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201411-09
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Ansible: Privilege escalation
Date: November 23, 2014
Bugs: #516564, #517770
ID: 201411-09

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities has been found in Ansible which may allow
local privilege escalation.

Background
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Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/ansible < 1.6.8 >= 1.6.8

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ansible. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or
obtain sensitive information.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Ansible users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-1.6.8"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4657
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4657
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-4678
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4678
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-4966
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4966
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-4967
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4967

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-09.xml

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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