CVE-2015-6240

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Third-Party Advisory openwall.com Third-Party Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468 issue tracking third party advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647 patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-6240?
CVE-2015-6240 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-6240?
To fix CVE-2015-6240, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-6240 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-6240 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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