CVE-2016-8614 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-8614 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.08% · 23.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.08%

23.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	ansible	0, 1.1+dfsg-1, 1.3.4+dfsg-1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	ansible	0, 1.9.2+dfsg-2, 1.9.4-1

Timeline

Nov 10, 2017 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8614 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8614 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7330-1 vendor-advisory

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