CVE-2013-4259

Advisory

Ansible 1.2.3 includes a fix for CVE-2013-4259: 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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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4259
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223
• http://www.ansible.com/security
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg