CVE-2014-4657

NameCVE-2014-4657
DescriptionThe safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ansible (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u3fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.2.1.0-2+deb9u3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie11.1.0+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ansiblesource(unstable)1.5.5+dfsg-1

Notes

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c

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