Ansible: Privilege escalation

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

A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

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-1.6.8"