ghsa-x4cm-m36h-c6qj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-10 17:23
Modified
2024-09-03 21:00
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Improper Input Validation in ansible
Details

An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible's mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0, 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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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-8647"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T22:02:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-07-26T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible\u0027s mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0, 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj",
  "modified": "2024-09-03T21:00:20Z",
  "published": "2018-10-10T17:23:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/commit/30fb384e7fb9a94ac3929e4a650877e45d8834c9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8647"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396174"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-58.yaml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Improper Input Validation in ansible"
}


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