SB2013091608 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ansible
Published: September 16, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013091608
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4260)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
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/.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.