CVE-2016-3096

HIGH

Fedora < 1.9.6 - Symlink Following

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 36.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (7)
fedoraproject/fedora 22
fedoraproject/fedora 23
fedoraproject/fedora 24
pypi/ansible 2.0.0.0 - 2.0.2.0PyPI
redhat/ansible 2.0
redhat/ansible 2.0.1
redhat/ansible < 1.9.6
Published Jun 03, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026