CVE-2014-4659 Ansible sets unsafe permissions for sources.list

What is CVE-2014-4659?

CVE-2014-4659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Ansible before 1.5.5 sets 0644 permissions for sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by reading a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.

Weakness: CWE-522

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4659?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Ansible.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4659?

Upgrade ansible to 1.5.5 or later.

Is CVE-2014-4659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-4657 Ansible Remote Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4966 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4967 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7550 Ansible Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-3498 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4659, GHSA-6667-f46p-pg88, PYSEC-2020-201.