UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8614

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8614

    Published: 31 Jul 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8614
    Aliases:
    USN-7330-1

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8614, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8614, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7330-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

    Affected versions

    1.1+dfsg-1

    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