GLSA 201701-77: Ansible: Remote execution of arbitrary code

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Ansible: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date:	01/31/2017
Bugs:	#605342
ID:	201701-77

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Ansible may allow rogue clients to execute commands on the Ansible controller.

Background

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/ansible	< 2.1.4.0_rc3	>= 2.1.4.0_rc3	All supported architectures

Description

An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible’s handling of data sent from client systems.

Impact

An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible-server privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ansible 2.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-2.1.4.0_rc3"

All Ansible 2.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-2.2.1.0_rc5"

References

CVE-2016-9587

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-77.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.