FKIE_CVE-2019-14905

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-03-31 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:19
Severity
5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat ansible_engine *
redhat ansible_engine *
redhat ansible_engine *
redhat ansible_tower 3.0.0
redhat ceph_storage 3.0
redhat cloudforms_management_engine 5.0
redhat openstack 13
fedoraproject fedora 30
opensuse backports_sle 15.0
opensuse leap 15.1
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