Description
An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Affected products
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-engine 2.7.18 and prior – ansible-engine 2.7.18 and prior
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-engine 2.8.12 and prior – ansible-engine 2.8.12 and prior
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-engine 2.9.9 and prior – ansible-engine 2.9.9 and prior
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-tower 3.4.5 and prior – ansible-tower 3.4.5 and prior
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-tower 3.5.6 and prior – ansible-tower 3.5.6 and prior
- Red Hat / Ansibleansible-tower 3.6.4 and prior – ansible-tower 3.6.4 and prior