UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6240

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6240

    Published: 7 Jun 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6240
    Aliases:
    USN-7330-1

    Summary:

    Details: The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6240, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/14/3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6240, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7330-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

    Affected versions

    1.1+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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