CVE-2013-4260
MEDIUM6.2EPSS 0.08%Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 9/4/2024
Description
`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/`.
Affected packages (2)
- PyPI/ansible>= 1.2, < 1.2.3
- PyPI/ansible>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4260
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227
- WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/d5948d59fc863fcec6efa62fa2791928ffc5a6d1
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2013-2.yaml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
- WEBhttp://www.ansible.com/security