[Secure-testing-team] Bug#844691: ansible: CVE-2016-8647: in some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail to correctly change a password

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ansible
Version: 2.1.1.0-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch
Forwarded: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/3003

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for ansible.

CVE-2016-8647[0]:
in some circumstances the mysql_user module may fail to correctly change a password

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8647
[1] https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/3003
[2] https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5388

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore