Vulnerability CVE-2016-3096
Published: 2016-06-03

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.

Type:

CWE-59

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

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Ansible 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Ansibleworks -> Ansible 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14
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