ghsa-pcqv-c46v-2p4v
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:03
Modified
2024-09-04 19:50
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Details

lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook does not run due to an error, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in /var/tmp/ansible/.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-4260"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-281"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-08-28T23:28:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-09-16T19:14:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "`lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py` in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook does not run due to an error, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in `/var/tmp/ansible/`.",
  "id": "GHSA-pcqv-c46v-2p4v",
  "modified": "2024-09-04T19:50:19Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:03:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4260"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/d5948d59fc863fcec6efa62fa2791928ffc5a6d1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2013-2.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ansible.com/security"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability"
}


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