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Bug 1396174 - (CVE-2016-8647) CVE-2016-8647 Ansible: in some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail to correctly change a password
CVE-2016-8647 Ansible: in some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail t...
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20161026,reported=2...
: Reopened, Security
Depends On: 1396175 1396176 1447506 1470145
Blocks: 1396212 1396214 1396334 1456591
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Reported: 2016-11-17 11:48 EST by Kurt Seifried
Modified: 2018-06-29 18:15 EDT (History)
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An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible's mysql_user module which may fail to correctly change a password in certain circumstances. Thus the previous password would still be active when it should have been changed.
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Last Closed: 2017-06-01 16:33:50 EDT
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:1685 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: ansible security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2017-07-06 07:23:28 EDT

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Description Kurt Seifried 2016-11-17 11:48:48 EST
It is reported that in Ansible, under some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail to correctly change a password. Thus an old password may still be active when it should have been changed.

External References:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388
Comment 1 Kurt Seifried 2016-11-17 11:50:09 EST
Created ansible tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1396175]
Comment 2 Kurt Seifried 2016-11-17 11:50:43 EST
Created ansible tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1396176]
Comment 4 Kevin Fenzi 2017-06-01 16:33:50 EDT
This was actually fixed in ansible-2.2.1.0 which was pushed a while back. ;(
Comment 5 Adam Mariš 2017-06-02 02:14:03 EDT
(In reply to Kevin Fenzi from comment #4)
> This was actually fixed in ansible-2.2.1.0 which was pushed a while back. ;(

Please, don't close the bug next time, we still have open trackers for this one. Thanks!
Comment 6 Kevin Fenzi 2017-06-02 12:21:15 EDT
Oops. Very sorry about that...
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-06 03:28:26 EDT
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEV Engine version 4.1

Via RHSA-2017:1685 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685

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