CVE-2016-8647 (GCVE-0-2016-8647)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-26 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
VLAI
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.
Severity
2.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Ansible Affected: 2.2.1.0
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Date Public
2016-10-26 00:00
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