CVE-2016-3096
N/A
Published: June 3, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraAnsible
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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