CVE-2016-3096 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md196-dancing-in-the-street—tbd https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md202-over-the-hills-and-far-away https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941 https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4 https://groups.google.com/forum/!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0 https://groups.google.com/forum/!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8