SB2020011719 - OS Command Injection in ansible (Alpine package)
Published: January 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020011719
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14905)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect validation of filenames within the nxos_file_copy module when copying files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices using the remote_file parameter. A local user or malicious code can abuse this functionality to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=609712eebaae8fa38739e422702af34deca6e4d0
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=26f3ed589646c92c24f247a609f76403b0e4e045
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4b4c6954cf0eab5315a9d6e41cdff036ca99f836
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1243e4504e5eab5e6253188c8d16667508820289
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b67a373492fd24911338d12cb9c2ede52b65ccf9