CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-4660

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Feb 20, 2020 | Modified: Feb 25, 2020
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ansible Redhat * 1.5.5 (excluding)
Ansible Ubuntu saucy *
Ansible Ubuntu trusty *
Ansible Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Ansible Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References