CVE-2016-8647

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    CVE-2016-8647

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -53629100006d1d8eebe3447235f8b4bf048a3dc0

    Affected versions

    v2.2.1.0-0.5.rc5
    v2.2.1.0-0.4.rc4
    v2.2.1.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.2.1.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.2.1.0-0.1.rc1
    v2.2.0.0-1
    v2.2.0.0-0.4.rc4
    v2.2.0.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.2.0.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.2.0.0-0.1.rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High