CVE-2020-1735 (GCVE-0-2020-1735)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-16 15:05 – Updated: 2024-08-04 06:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when the fetch module is used. An attacker could intercept the module, inject a new path, and then choose a new destination path on the controller node. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67793 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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