GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-10 17:23
Modified
2024-09-04 18:55
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Link Following in ansible
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.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         database_specific: {
            last_known_affected_version_range: "<= 2.0.1.0",
         },
         package: {
            ecosystem: "PyPI",
            name: "ansible",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "2.0.0.0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "2.0.2.0",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
      {
         database_specific: {
            last_known_affected_version_range: "<= 1.9.6.0",
         },
         package: {
            ecosystem: "PyPI",
            name: "ansible",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "1.9.6.1",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2016-3096",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-59",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2020-06-16T21:54:53Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2016-06-03T14:59:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   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: "GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj",
   modified: "2024-09-04T18:55:10Z",
   published: "2018-10-10T17:23:45Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3096",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/commit/7c3999a92a1cd856ff9bc8913a93ff1aee8bffc3",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925",
      },
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj",
      },
      {
         type: "PACKAGE",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd",
      },
      {
         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: "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2016-1.yaml",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html",
      },
      {
         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: "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",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
      {
         score: "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
         type: "CVSS_V4",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Link Following in ansible",
}


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