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title: "CVE-2014-3498\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3498

Publication date 8 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3498?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users
to execute arbitrary commands.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that Ansible improperly handled the output of certain commands.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the
ansible manging host.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ansible | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3498)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3498)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3498)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3498)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5 (v1.7.0)>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3498>