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SUSE: CVE-2017-7466: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-7466: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/17/2017
Created
02/10/2022
Added
02/04/2022
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Ansible 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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ansible

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:3029-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1
  • CVE-2017-7466

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