CVE-2017-7481
Ansible before versions 2.3.1.0 and 2.4.0.0 fails to properly mark lookup-plugin results as unsafe. If an attacker could control the results of lookup() calls, they could inject Unicode strings to ...
Description
Ansible fails to properly mark lookup-plugin results as unsafe
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
PyPI
package-ecosystem
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС»
commercial·RUaka ao konsern vniins
and 8 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Initial Access
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7481
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fd30f5328986f9e1da434474481f32bf918a600c
github.com
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f0e348f5eeb70c1fb3127d90891da43b5c0a9d29
github.com
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