Ansible: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202006-11

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Ansible, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

app-admin/ansible on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.9.7
Unaffected versions >= 2.9.7

Background

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ansible. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ansible users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/ansible-2.9.7"
 

References

Release date
June 13, 2020

Latest revision
June 13, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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