CVE-2013-4260 — Improper Preservation of Permissions in Redhat Ansible

CWE-264CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions9 documents6 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Redhat Ansible
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Latest updateMay 14

Description

lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook does not run due to an error, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in /var/tmp/ansible/.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:PExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶PyPIredhat/ansible1.2 — 1.2.3+1
▶NVDredhat/ansible1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2+2

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2013-4260: lib/ansible/playbook/__init__↗2013-09-16
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OSV
CVE-2013-4260: lib/ansible/playbook/__init__↗2013-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2013-4260: ansible - lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook do...↗2013
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4259 CVE-2013-4260 ansible: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2013-08-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4260 ansible: predictible filename used for failed result in world writable directory [epel-6]↗2013-08-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4260 ansible: predictible filename used for failed result in world writable directory↗2013-08-18
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