CVE-2016-3096
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-59
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941Patch
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.htmlAdvisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925