CVE-2015-6240
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6240
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-6240.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-6240
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:13:59.566383Z
- Published
- 2017-06-07T20:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:13:59.566383Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html