GLSA 201411-09: Ansible: Privilege escalation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Ansible: Privilege escalation
Date:	11/23/2014
Bugs:	#516564, #517770
ID:	201411-09

Synopsis

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

Background

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/ansible	< 1.6.8	>= 1.6.8	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ansible users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

Availability

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?

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.