CVE-2017-7466

NameCVE-2017-7466
DescriptionAnsible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ansible (PTS)bullseye2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie10.5.0+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ansiblesourcejessie(not affected)
ansiblesource(unstable)2.2.1.0-2

Notes

[jessie] - ansible <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/0d418789a298561fded9bce977d34babc9097079 (v2.3.0.0-0.1.rc1)

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