CVE-2023-5115
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Ansible symlink attack vulnerability
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.4.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.4.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.4.0-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.4.0-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ansible | <8.5.0 | 8.5.0 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5115
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
- https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.