UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6240

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6240
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6240.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6240
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Published
2017-06-07T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:16Z
Severity
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

Affected versions

1.*

1.1+dfsg-1
1.3.4+dfsg-1
1.4.0+dfsg-1
1.4.1+dfsg-1
1.4.3+dfsg-1
1.4.4+dfsg-1
1.5.4+dfsg-1
1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ansible",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ansible-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball",
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}