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Ubuntu: (CVE-2014-4660): ansible vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 20, 2020
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ansible
Title
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