Access Restriction Bypass Affecting ansible package, versions <1.3.4+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-ANSIBLE-5674770
  • published16 Sept 2013
  • disclosed16 Sept 2013

Introduced: 16 Sep 2013

CVE-2013-4259  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 ansible to version 1.3.4+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py in Ansible before 1.2.3, when using ControlPersist, allows local users to redirect a ssh session via a symlink attack on a socket file with a predictable name in /tmp/.

CVSS Scores

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