CVE-2014-4660
Ansible discloses credential information
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging existence of a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.
How to fix CVE-2014-4660
To remediate CVE-2014-4660, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.5.5+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5.5 or later
- —upgrade to c4b5e46054c74176b2446c82d4df1a2610eddc08 or later
Is CVE-2014-4660 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.5.5+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 1.5.5
- from 0, < c4b5e46054c74176b2446c82d4df1a2610eddc08 | from 0, < 1.5.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |