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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660

Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging existence of a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.

Products
ansible
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.5+dfsg-1
CVEs
CVE-2014-4660
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Feb 2020, 03:15 UTC

Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging existence of a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660

ansible

Fixed versions: 1.5.5+dfsg-1

ansible

Fixed versions: 1.5.5+dfsg-1

ansible

Fixed versions: 1.5.5+dfsg-1

Complete source record
{
  "id": "9bf870cb736496d9f47024637586945961312383d9d0bcb0621610560de5b13c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660",
    "summary": "Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging existence of a file that uses the \"deb http://user:pass@server:port/\" format.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ansible",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.5.5+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ansible",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.5.5+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "ansible",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.5.5+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.5.5+dfsg-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ansible",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.5.5+dfsg-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ansible",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.5.5+dfsg-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "ansible",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4660.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T16:01:54.253835352Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2014-4660"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4660"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2014-4660",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414785,
  "published_at": "2020-02-20T03:15:10.653+00:00"
}