DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4678

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4678.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4678
Upstream
Published
2020-02-20T03:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:23Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.6+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.6+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.6+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.6+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}