Bug 1828684 (CVE-2014-4678)

Summary:	CVE-2014-4678 ansible: safe_eval function does not properly restrict the code subset leads to arbitrary code execution via crafted instructions
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	a.badger, akarol, bcoca, cmeyers, dbecker, dmetzger, gblomqui, gmainwar, gmccullo, gtanzill, hvyas, jcammara, jfrey, jhardy, jjoyce, jschluet, jtanner, kbasil, kevin, lhh, lpeer, mabashia, maxim, mburns, notting, obarenbo, puebele, rhos-maint, roliveri, rpetrell, sclewis, sdoran, simaishi, slinaber, smallamp, smcdonal, tkuratom, tvignaud, vbellur
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in ansible. The safe_eval function does not properly restrict the code subset which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.	Story Points:	---
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2020-04-28 07:01:24 UTC

The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.

Reference:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-04-28 10:31:52 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4678

Comment 2 Yadnyawalk Tale 2020-05-22 16:08:27 UTC

I think resolution is quite clear here, in any case, Red Hat CloudForms 5.10 (4.7) and 5.11 (5.0) do not ship `ansible` package, it is provided by the official Ansible repository.

Comment 3 Hardik Vyas 2020-05-26 05:15:24 UTC

Statement:

Red Hat Ceph Storage and Red Hat Gluster Storage shipped ansible versions 2.4.1 and 2.3.2 respectively, which are not affected by this vulnerability.