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PYSEC-2013-1

Details

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/.

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Affected packages

PyPI / ansible

Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.2.3

Fix pip install --upgrade 'ansible>=1.2.3'

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223 [REPORT]
http://www.ansible.com/security [WEB]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg [WEB]