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High
CVE-2015-6240
The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 7th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.