Directory Traversal Affecting ansible package, versions <0:2.6.14-1.el7ae


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ANSIBLE-5354425
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed12 Feb 2019

Introduced: 12 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-3828  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ansible to version 0:2.6.14-1.el7ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0433.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Ansible fetch module before versions 2.5.15, 2.6.14, 2.7.8 has a path traversal vulnerability which allows copying and overwriting files outside of the specified destination in the local ansible controller host, by not restricting an absolute path.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1