ubuntu-cve-2016-8647
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-07-26 14:29
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
Details

An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible's mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0, which may fail to correctly change a password in certain circumstances. Thus the previous password would still be active when it should have been changed.

Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible",
            "binary_version": "2.5.1+dfsg-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "ansible",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@2.5.1+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.1+dfsg-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.3.1.0+dfsg-2",
        "2.5.0+dfsg-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible\u0027s mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0, which may fail to correctly change a password in certain circumstances. Thus the previous password would still be active when it should have been changed.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8647",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:30Z",
  "published": "2018-07-26T14:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8647"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8647"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-8647"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:38Z"
}



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