CVE-2013-4259: Ansible uses a socket with predictable filename in /tmp

May 14, 2022 (updated August 28, 2023)

runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py in Ansible before 1.2.3, when using ControlPersist, allows local users to redirect a ssh session via a symlink attack on a socket file with a predictable name in /tmp/.

References

www.ansible.com/security
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3
groups.google.com/forum/
groups.google.com/forum/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4259

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