CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4659
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat ansible (< 1.5.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
References
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68234 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68234 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry