Detections
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CVE-2016-3096
high
Description
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.
References
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html
Details
Published: 2016-06-03
Updated: 2025-04-12
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: High
CVSS v3
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
CVSS v4
Base Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS
EPSS: 0.00087