ubuntu-cve-2016-3096
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-06-03 14:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "ansible",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.9.2+dfsg-2",
        "1.9.4-1",
        "2.0.0.2-2",
        "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1",
        "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1",
        "2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3096",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:13Z",
  "published": "2016-06-03T14:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3096"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://sources.debian.net/src/ansible/2.0.1.0-1/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/lxc/lxc_container.py/?hl=523#L523"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3096"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "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": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-3096"
  ]
}



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