CVE-2016-3096

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-3096
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-03T14:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:50:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9.6
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4 Patch
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941 Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14 Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3096
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3096
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:54:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:45:12 2016-06-03T14:59Z 2016-06-03T14:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:45:12 2018-10-30T16:28:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:45:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 05:07:01 2023-02-13T04:50:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:07:01 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated