CVE-2015-6240
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
7.8
Description
The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6240
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | ansible | {"endIncluding":"1.9.1"} | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6240
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6240
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2017-3.yaml
CWEs
CWE-59
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.