GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522 Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2015-6240
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- ansible
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
- Reviewed
- 2023-08-02
Affected packages
• PyPI ansible: < 1.9.2 → fixed in 1.9.2
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- 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… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6240 advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647 web
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468 web
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible package
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2017-3.yaml web
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10 web