FKIE_CVE-2016-3096
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-06-03 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:44
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora | 22 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 23 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 24 | |
| redhat | ansible | * | |
| redhat | ansible | 2.0 | |
| redhat | ansible | 2.0.1 |
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