SB2016060301 - Link following in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: June 3, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016060301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3096)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- 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.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-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