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PYSEC-2013-2

Quick fix

PYSEC-2013-2 — ansible: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'ansible>=1.2.3'

Details

lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook does not run due to an error, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in /var/tmp/ansible/.

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Affected packages

PyPI/ansible

Introduced in: 1.2.0Fixed in: 1.2.3

Fixpip install --upgrade 'ansible>=1.2.3'

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227[REPORT]
http://www.ansible.com/security[WEB]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898[WEB]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcqv-c46v-2p4v[ADVISORY]