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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-14365: Security patch for ansible (ALASANSIBLE2-2023-005)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-14365: Security patch for ansible (ALASANSIBLE2-2023-005)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/23/2020
Created
09/28/2023
Added
09/28/2023
Modified
09/28/2023

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ansible
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ansible-doc

References

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