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Vulnerability details: VCID-q52e-x2mz-aaaa
Vulnerability ID VCID-q52e-x2mz-aaaa
Aliases CVE-2016-8647
GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj
PYSEC-2018-58
Summary An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible's mysql_user module before 2.2.1.0, which may fail to correctly change a password in certain circumstances. Thus the previous password would still be active when it should have been changed.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8647.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
cvssv3 2.2 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8647.json
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396174
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8647
cvssv2 3.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/commit/30fb384e7fb9a94ac3929e4a650877e45d8834c9
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/commit/30fb384e7fb9a94ac3929e4a650877e45d8834c9
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-58.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-58.yaml
cvssv2 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
cvssv3 4.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
cvssv3 4.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8647.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8647.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8647
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8647
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/commit/30fb384e7fb9a94ac3929e4a650877e45d8834c9
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-58.yaml
1396174 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1396174
844691 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=844691
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-8647 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8647
CVE-2016-8647 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4cm-m36h-c6qj
RHSA-2017:1685 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8647.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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low

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

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multiple

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none

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partial

complete

none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/commit/30fb384e7fb9a94ac3929e4a650877e45d8834c9
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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low

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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physical

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-58.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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local

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.29916
EPSS Score 0.00065
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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