UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6240

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-6240
Downstream
USN-7330-1
Published: 07 Jun 2017, 20:29
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Jun 2017, 20:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•ansible

    < 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

References (4)