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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131289
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0163)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ansible' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0163 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ansible' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0163 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerability:

A vulnerability in lxc_container, ansible module, was found allowing to get
root inside the container. The problem is in the create_script function, which
tries to write to /opt/.lxc-attach-script inside of the container. If the
attacker can write to /opt/.lxc-attach-script before that, he can overwrite
arbitrary files or execute commands as root (CVE-2016-3096).

Affected Software/OS:
'ansible' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-3096
FEDORA-2016-28ff51a3f5
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html
FEDORA-2016-65519440f5
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html
FEDORA-2016-679c4ddd3c
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html
FEDORA-2016-ab154c56dd
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html
FEDORA-2016-cd3cf8e7d0
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html
GLSA-201607-14
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14
[ansible-announce] 20160415 Ansible 1.9.6-1 has been released
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig
[ansible-announce] 20160419 Ansible 2.0.2.0 has been released
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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