CVE-2019-14905

Publication date 31 March 2020

Last updated 6 February 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.6 · Medium

Score breakdown

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible’s nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ansible 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

john-breton

Vulnerable module was introduced in 2.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ansible

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.6 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L