Vulnerability CVE-2016-8614
Published: 2018-07-31

Description:
A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.

Type:

CWE-320

 (Key Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Ansible 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357
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