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PYSEC-2013-1

Quick fix

PYSEC-2013-1 — ansible: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'ansible>=1.2.3'

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/.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/ansible

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.2.3

Fixpip 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]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3[ADVISORY]