CVE-2020-14365
Description
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14365.html
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14365
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.9.13+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.9.13+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.9.13+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.9.13+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.9.13+dfsg-1 |
| sles | affected | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14365
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14365
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1d043e082b3b1f3ad35c803137f5d3bcbae92275
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1fa2d5fd6b768120b76a77929e27302b06accc0c
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/9bea33ffa3be3d64827f59882d95b817cfab9b7e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869154
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m429-fhmv-c6q2
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-209.yaml
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14365.html
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.