CVE-2016-8647: Improper Input Validation

July 26, 2018 (updated October 9, 2019)

An input validation vulnerability was found in Ansible’s mysql_user module, 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.

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8647
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8647

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