CVE-2016-9587
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9587.html
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9587
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.0.0-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.0.0-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.0.0-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.0.0-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.0.0-3 |
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 2.2.1.0rc5-3 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9587
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9587.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9587
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m956-frf4-m2wr
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-39.yaml
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170115210655/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.