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CVE-2020-1733

MEDIUM
5.0
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A race condition flaw was found in Ansible Engine 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, 2.9.6 and prior when running a playbook with an unprivileged become user. When Ansible needs to run a module with become user, the temporary directory is created in /var/tmp. This directory is created with "umask 77 && mkdir -p <dir>"; this operation does not fail if the directory already exists and is owned by another user. An attacker could take advantage to gain control of the become user as the target directory can be retrieved by iterating '/proc/<pid>/cmdline'.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ansibleDebian
Fixed in:2.9.7+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1733
Fixed in:2.9.7+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1733
Fixed in:2.9.7+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1733
Fixed in:2.9.7+dfsg-1CVE-2020-1733
ansibleUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm1USN-5315-1
Fixed in:2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-5315-1
Fixed in:2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5315-1
Fixed in:2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5315-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days
32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

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