UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4678

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4678

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4678.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4678

Upstream

CVE-2014-4678

Published

2020-02-20T03:15:00Z

Modified

2025-10-14T16:46:08Z

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
Ubuntu - medium

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

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ansible

Package

Name: ansible
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.1+dfsg-1

1.3.4+dfsg-1

1.4.0+dfsg-1

1.4.1+dfsg-1

1.4.3+dfsg-1

1.4.4+dfsg-1

1.5.4+dfsg-1

1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "ansible"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}