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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201411-09 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Ansible: Privilege escalation |
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Date: November 23, 2014 |
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Bugs: #516564, #517770 |
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ID: 201411-09 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities has been found in Ansible which may allow |
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local privilege escalation. |
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Background |
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Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-admin/ansible < 1.6.8 >= 1.6.8 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ansible. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or |
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obtain sensitive information. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Ansible users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-1.6.8" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4657 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4657 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2014-4678 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4678 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2014-4966 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4966 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2014-4967 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4967 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-09.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |