CVE-2014-4660: Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.38%

30.6th percentile

Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging existence of a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	ansible	< ansible 1.5.5+dfsg-1 (bookworm)	ansible 1.5.5+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
redhat	ansible	< 1.5.5	1.5.5
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 1.5.5	1.5.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM

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