Defined JSON booleans in global context for python eval()

We define 'false', 'true' and 'null' as variables so that python eval() recognizes them as False, True and None.

This is a backport of a fix from 2.0.0.2 which also affects 1.9.4 (See issue #14291 and PR #14293)

This fixes #14291 for 1.9.4.

lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py

@@ -1365,6 +1365,14 @@ def safe_eval(expr, locals={}, include_exceptions=False):
     http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12523516/using-ast-and-whitelists-to-make-pythons-eval-safe
     '''
 
+    # define certain JSON types
+    # eg. JSON booleans are unknown to python eval()
+    JSON_TYPES = {
+        'false': False,
+        'null': None,
+        'true': True,
+    }
+
     # this is the whitelist of AST nodes we are going to
     # allow in the evaluation. Any node type other than
     # those listed here will raise an exception in our custom
@@ -1428,7 +1436,7 @@ def safe_eval(expr, locals={}, include_exceptions=False):
         parsed_tree = ast.parse(expr, mode='eval')
         cnv.visit(parsed_tree)
         compiled = compile(parsed_tree, expr, 'eval')
-        result = eval(compiled, {}, locals)
+        result = eval(compiled, JSON_TYPES, dict(locals))
 
         if include_exceptions:
             return (result, None)