UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4260

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4260

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4260.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4260

Upstream

CVE-2013-4260

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:54Z

Published

2013-09-16T19:14:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:17:08.530488Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

lib/ansible/playbook/init.py in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook does not run due to an error, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in /var/tmp/ansible/.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ansible

Package

Name: ansible
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.5.4+dfsg-1

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "ansible"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "ansible-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "ansible-fireball"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.4+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "ansible-node-fireball"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4260.json"