Upstream information

CVE-2016-3096 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 973546 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • ansible >= 2.2.0.0-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA ansible-2.2.0.0-1.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Manager Client Tools Beta for SLE 15 ansible Affected
SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 15 ansible Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy Module 4.3 ansible Affected
SUSE Manager Tools 15 ansible Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ansible Analysis
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ansible1 Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy Module 4.2 ansible Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ansible Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ansible Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ansible1 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ansible1 Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ansible Analysis
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Manager Tools 15-BETA ansible Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Mar 31 20:39:38 2016
CVE page last modified: Tue Jan 23 17:15:43 2024