Bug 1396174 (CVE-2016-8647) - CVE-2016-8647 Ansible: in some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail to correctly change a password
Summary: CVE-2016-8647 Ansible: in some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail t...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2016-8647
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1396175 1396176 1447506 1470145
Blocks: 1396212 1396214 1396334 1456591
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Reported: 2016-11-17 16:48 UTC by Kurt Seifried
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:00 UTC (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: 2019-06-08 03:02:15 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:1685 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: ansible security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2017-07-06 11:23:28 UTC

Description Kurt Seifried 2016-11-17 16:48:48 UTC 
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 16:50:09 UTC 
Created ansible tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1396175]
Comment 2 Kurt Seifried 2016-11-17 16:50:43 UTC 
Created ansible tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1396176]
Comment 4 Kevin Fenzi 2017-06-01 20:33:50 UTC 
This was actually fixed in ansible-2.2.1.0 which was pushed a while back. ;(
Comment 5 Adam Mariš 2017-06-02 06:14:03 UTC 
(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 16:21:15 UTC 
Oops. Very sorry about that...
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-06 07:28:26 UTC 
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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