PT-2013-4921 · Red Hat+1 · Ansible+1

Michael Scherer + 1 · Published 2013-09-16 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-4259

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansible versions prior to 1.2.3

Description The issue allows local users to redirect a ssh session via a symlink attack on a socket file with a predictable name in /tmp/. This occurs when using ControlPersist in the runner/connection plugins/ssh.py module.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.3, update to version 1.2.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of ControlPersist until a patch is available. Restrict access to the /tmp/ directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using predictable names for socket files in the /tmp/ directory until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-330

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4259

GHSA-FJ24-GHP9-39V3

PYSEC-2013-1

Affected Products

Ansible

Ansible-Core

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2013-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223 · Patch
• http://ansible.com/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4259 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4259 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2013-1.yaml · Note
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg · Note
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg · Note