CVE-2016-3096

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-03-31
Bugzilla:
1322925: CVE-2016-3096 ansible: Code execution vulnerability in lxc_container

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-3096 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 ansible Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Evgeni Golov (Red Hat).

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