GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj

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GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj

Summary: Link Following in ansible

Details: The `create_script` function in the `lxc_container` module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) `/opt/.lxc-attach-script`, (2) the archived container in the `archive_path` directory, or the (3) `lxc-attach-script.log` or (4) `lxc-attach-script.err` files in the temporary directory.

References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3096, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941, https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/commit/7c3999a92a1cd856ff9bc8913a93ff1aee8bffc3, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj, https://github.com/ansible/ansible, 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, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2016-1.yaml, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig, https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0, https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html