PYSEC-2016-1

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2016-06-03 14:59 - Updated: 2021-07-02 02:41
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The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.

Impacted products
Name purl
ansible pkg:pypi/ansible
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.2.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0",
        "1.1",
        "1.2",
        "1.2.1",
        "1.2.2",
        "1.2.3",
        "1.3.0",
        "1.3.1",
        "1.3.2",
        "1.3.3",
        "1.3.4",
        "1.4",
        "1.4.1",
        "1.4.2",
        "1.4.3",
        "1.4.4",
        "1.4.5",
        "1.5",
        "1.5.1",
        "1.5.2",
        "1.5.3",
        "1.5.4",
        "1.5.5",
        "1.6",
        "1.6.1",
        "1.6.10",
        "1.6.2",
        "1.6.3",
        "1.6.4",
        "1.6.5",
        "1.6.6",
        "1.6.7",
        "1.6.8",
        "1.6.9",
        "1.7",
        "1.7.1",
        "1.7.2",
        "1.8",
        "1.8.1",
        "1.8.2",
        "1.8.3",
        "1.8.4",
        "1.9.0",
        "1.9.0.1",
        "1.9.1",
        "1.9.2",
        "1.9.3",
        "1.9.4",
        "1.9.5",
        "1.9.6",
        "2.0.0",
        "2.0.0.0",
        "2.0.0.1",
        "2.0.0.2",
        "2.0.1.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-3096",
    "GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj"
  ],
  "details": "The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2016-1",
  "modified": "2021-07-02T02:41:33.519196Z",
  "published": "2016-06-03T14:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj"
    }
  ]
}



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