ubuntu-cve-2013-4260
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-09-16 19:14
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
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/.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "ansible",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.5.4+dfsg-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1+dfsg-1",
        "1.3.4+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.0+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.1+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.3+dfsg-1",
        "1.4.4+dfsg-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4260",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:18Z",
  "published": "2013-09-16T19:14:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4260"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4260"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-4260"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:54Z"
}



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