usn-5315-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
It was discovered that Ansible did not properly manage directory permissions when running playbooks with an unprivileged become user. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a race condition, escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-1733)
It was discovered that the fix to address CVE-2020-1733 in Ansible was incomplete on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a race condition, escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-10744)
It was discovered that Ansible did not properly manage multi-line YAML strings and special template characters. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a template injection, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2021-3583)
It was discovered that the ansible-connection module in Ansible did not properly manage certain error messages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-3620)
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
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{
"id": "CVE-2021-3583",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
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"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ansible",
"binary_version": "2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
}
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"package": {
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"name": "ansible",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
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"2.5.0+dfsg-1",
"2.5.1+dfsg-1",
"2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
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"id": "CVE-2020-10744",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
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},
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"id": "CVE-2021-3583",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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"id": "CVE-2021-3620",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "medium",
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"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"
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"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
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"binary_version": "2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
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"package": {
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"name": "ansible",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/focal"
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"2.8.3+dfsg-1",
"2.8.6+dfsg-1",
"2.9.2+dfsg-1",
"2.9.4+dfsg-1",
"2.9.6+dfsg-1"
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"id": "CVE-2021-3583",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2021-3620",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ansible",
"binary_version": "2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS",
"name": "ansible",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/jammy"
},
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that Ansible did not properly manage directory\npermissions when running playbooks with an unprivileged become user. A\nlocal attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a race condition,\nescalate privileges and execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-1733)\n\nIt was discovered that the fix to address CVE-2020-1733 in Ansible was\nincomplete on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. A local attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a race condition, escalate\nprivileges and execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-10744)\n\nIt was discovered that Ansible did not properly manage multi-line YAML\nstrings and special template characters. A local attacker could possibly\nuse this issue to cause a template injection, resulting in the\ndisclosure of sensitive information or other unspecified impact.\n(CVE-2021-3583)\n\nIt was discovered that the ansible-connection module in Ansible did\nnot properly manage certain error messages. A local attacker could\npossibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-3620)\n",
"id": "USN-5315-1",
"modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:04Z",
"published": "2022-06-07T14:43:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5315-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1733"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10744"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3583"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3620"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "ansible vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1733",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10744",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3583",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3620"
]
}
Sightings
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