Race condition in Ansible and Ansible Tower - CVE-2020-10744
Published: July 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29567
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10744
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ansible
Ansible Tower
Ansible
Ansible Tower
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for race condition for SB2020032420 #8 (CVE-2020-1733) on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. A local user can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10744
Install updates from vendor's website.