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CVE-2016-8647

Published: 26 July 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
fails on mysql forks percona 5.7 and newer, all mariadb

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ansible
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2.5.1+dfsg-1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
precise Does not exist

trusty Needed

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
upstream
Released (2.2.0.0-4)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.6.1+dfsg-1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388/commits/2dbbca65db5e88c7a75c75d9fa5a16d6a34f0dbc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.9
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N