CVE-2015-6240
published 2017-06-07CVE-2015-6240: 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.
PriorityP432high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.44%
35.9th percentile
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.
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | ansible | < ansible 1.9.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm) | ansible 1.9.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm) |
| redhat | ansible | <= 1.9.1 | — |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 1.9.2+dfsg-1 | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 1.9.2+dfsg-1 | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 1.9.2+dfsg-1 | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 1.9.2+dfsg-1 | 1.9.2+dfsg-1 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 1.9.2 | 1.9.2 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm6 | 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm6 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm5 | 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm5 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5 | 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5 |
| redhat | ansible | >= 0 < 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu4.3MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Ansible regression
vendor_ubuntu·2025-03-28·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] Ansible regression
Title: Ansible regression
Summary: USN 7330-1 introduced a regression in Ansible.
USN-7330-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ansible. The update introduced a
regression when attempting to install Ansible on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Ansible did not properly verify certain fields
of X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
spoof SSL servers if they were able to intercept network communications.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3908)
Martin Carpenter discovered that certain connection plugins for Ansible
did not properly restrict users. An attacker with local access could
possibly use this issue to escape a restricted environment via symbolic
Ubuntu
Ansible vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2025-03-05·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-14904 [MEDIUM] Ansible vulnerabilities
Title: Ansible vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Ansible.
It was discovered that Ansible did not properly verify certain fields of
X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof
SSL servers if they were able to intercept network communications. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3908)
Martin Carpenter discovered that certain connection plugins for Ansible
did not properly restrict users. An attacker with local access could
possibly use this issue to escape a restricted environment via symbolic
links misuse. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-6240)
Robin Schneider discovered that Ansible's apt_key module did not properly
verify key fingerprints. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to per
Red Hat
ansible: multiple issues fixed in 1.9.2
vendor_redhat·2015-06-19·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-6240 [HIGH] ansible: multiple issues fixed in 1.9.2
ansible: multiple issues fixed in 1.9.2
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.
Package: ansible (Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3) - Not affected
Package: ansible (Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)) - Not affected
Package: ansible (Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer 1) - Not affected
Package: ansible (Red Hat Storage 3.0) - Not affected
Package: ansible (Red Hat Storage Console 2) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2015-6240: ansible - The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow loca...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-6240 [HIGH] CVE-2015-6240: ansible - The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow loca...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.9.2+dfsg-1)
OSV
ansible regression
osv·2025-03-28·CVSS 4.3
[MEDIUM] ansible regression
ansible regression
USN-7330-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ansible. The update introduced a
regression when attempting to install Ansible on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Ansible did not properly verify certain fields
of X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
spoof SSL servers if they were able to intercept network communications.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3908)
Martin Carpenter discovered that certain connection plugins for Ansible
did not properly restrict users. An attacker with local access could
possibly use this issue to escape a restricted environment via symbolic
links misuse. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2
OSV
ansible vulnerabilities
osv·2025-03-05·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2015-3908 [MEDIUM] ansible vulnerabilities
ansible vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Ansible did not properly verify certain fields of
X.509 certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof
SSL servers if they were able to intercept network communications. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-3908)
Martin Carpenter discovered that certain connection plugins for Ansible
did not properly restrict users. An attacker with local access could
possibly use this issue to escape a restricted environment via symbolic
links misuse. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-6240)
Robin Schneider discovered that Ansible's apt_key module did not properly
verify key fingerprints. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to perform key injection, leading to the access of sensitive informati
GHSA
Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
ghsa·2022-05-13
CVE-2015-6240 [HIGH] CWE-59 Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
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.
OSV
Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
osv·2022-05-13
CVE-2015-6240 [HIGH] Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
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.
OSV
CVE-2015-6240: The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1
osv·2017-06-07·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2015-6240 [HIGH] CVE-2015-6240: The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95bhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95bhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
2017-06-07
Published