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/.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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/. (CVE-2013-4260)

MITRE reports :

runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py in Ansible before 1.2.3, when using ControlPersist, allows local users to redirect a ssh session via a symlink attack on a socket file with a predictable name in /tmp/.

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/.

Fixes CVE-2013-4260 and CVE-2013-4259

See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg for more information.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Fixes CVE-2013-4260 and CVE-2013-4259

See:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg for more information.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
433011	SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-pcqv-c46v-2p4v)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
433011	SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-pcqv-c46v-2p4v)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
84527	FreeBSD : ansible -- local symlink exploits (a6a9f9d5-205c-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	low
69532	Fedora 18 : ansible-1.2.3-2.fc18 (2013-15181)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	low
69531	Fedora 19 : ansible-1.2.3-2.fc19 (2013-15169)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	low

Detections

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CVE-2013-4260

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

low

low

low