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Ubuntu: USN-4072-1 (CVE-2018-10875): Ansible vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4072-1 (CVE-2018-10875): Ansible vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/13/2018
Created
07/27/2019
Added
07/25/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ansible

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