CVE-2015-6240

The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b	Patch
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-06-07 13:29

Updated : 2019-09-16 08:15

NVD link : CVE-2015-6240

Mitre link : CVE-2015-6240

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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Products Affected

redhat

ansible

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