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CVE-2015-6240

Published: 7 June 2017

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
Fixed upstream in 1.9.2

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ansible
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
disco Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
noble Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
precise Does not exist

trusty Needed

upstream
Released (1.9.2+dfsg-1)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)
zesty Not vulnerable
(1.9.2+dfsg-2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H