CVE-2013-4260
First published: Sun Aug 18 2013(Updated: )
`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/`.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| pip/ansible | >=1.2<1.2.3 | 1.2.3 |
| Redhat Ansible | =1.2 | |
| Redhat Ansible | =1.2.1 | |
| Redhat Ansible | =1.2.2 | |
| =1.2 | ||
| =1.2.1 | ||
| =1.2.2 |
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Reference Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4260
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
- http://www.ansible.com/security
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/d5948d59fc863fcec6efa62fa2791928ffc5a6d1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcqv-c46v-2p4v (Advisory)
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py#L480
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=787776&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=787776&action=edit
- http://docs.python.org/2/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.mkdtemp
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=999621
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=999626
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2013-2.yaml
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