🛡️ CVE-2014-4659 — ansible

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-522 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Ansible sets unsafe permissions for sources.list

Ansible before 1.5.5 sets 0644 permissions for sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by reading a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2014-4659 is classified as CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials. Credentials are stored or transmitted with protection too weak for what they unlock.

Affected software

CVE-2014-4659 is recorded against 1 package.

  • ansible (fixed in 1.5.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 10 September 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-522
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-09-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ansible — 1.5.5

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