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CVE-2015-6240
Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | ansible | < 1.9.2 | 1.9.2 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Ansible | through 1.9.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6240
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2017-3.yaml