CVE-2023-5115

An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious Ansible role and make the victim execute the role. A symlink can be used to overwrite a file outside of the extraction path.

CVSS v3 6.3 MEDIUM

6.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810	Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_inside:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_inside:1.2:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_developer:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_developer:1.1:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-12-18 14:15

Updated : 2023-12-29 17:57

NVD link : CVE-2023-5115

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5115

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5115

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

ansible_inside
ansible_developer
enterprise_linux
ansible_automation_platform

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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