PT-2013-4922
CVE-2013-4260
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Published
2013-09-16
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Updated
2023-02-13
Description by
CVSS 4.0
6.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Ansible versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.2
Description
The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in /var/tmp/ansible/. This occurs when the playbook does not run due to an error.
Recommendations
For Ansible versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, update to version 1.2.3 or later to resolve the issue.
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