MGASA-2017-0164

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    MGASA-2017-0164

    Published: 10 Jun 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated ansible packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was found that apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key (CVE-2016-8614). 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 (CVE-2016-8647). Data for lookup plugins used as variables was not being correctly marked as "unsafe" (CVE-2017-7481). The ansible package has been updated to version 2.3.1 to fix these issues and several other bugs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0164.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19740, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.3/CHANGELOG.md, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/BTRG5RQTE7EPZLVJR7WCHPV2O3LCCEJ5/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/WJGWOHRWU3FB2DF3V6NNS4GGBWKSOWYA/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/UQMRFYTFTPAGI22UEXIEZH4U4BOTGVWH

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ansible?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.1.0-2.mga5

    Affected versions

    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