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Insecure session management In ansible

Description

Link Following in ansible 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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-30962. NVD-2016-30963. OSV-2016-30964. OSV-DEBIAN-2016-30965. GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj6. GCVE-2016-30967. security.gentoo.org8. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2016-3096

References

1. https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/19412. https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/commit/7c3999a92a1cd856ff9bc8913a93ff1aee8bffc33. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13229254. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd5. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away6. https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2016-1.yaml7. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU08. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig9. https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU010. https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig11. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html12. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html13. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html14. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html15. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html

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