CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4660
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 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.
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://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/c4b5e46054c74176b2446c82d4df1a2610eddc08 Patch
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4660 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/19 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68231 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md Release Notes
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/c4b5e46054c74176b2446c82d4df1a2610eddc08 Patch
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4660 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/19 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68231 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry