CVE-2021-3702
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CVE-2021-3702 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.3/10 on the CVSS scale. A race condition flaw was found in ansible-runner, where an attacker could watch for rapid creation and deletion of a temporary directory, substitute their directory at that name, and then have access to ansible-runner's private_data_dir the next time ansible-runner made use of the private_data_dir. The highest Threat out of this flaw is to integrity and confidentiality.. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A race condition flaw was found in ansible-runner, where an attacker could watch for rapid creation and deletion of a temporary directory, substitute their directory at that name, and then have access to ansible-runner's private_data_dir the next time ansible-runner made use of the private_data_dir. The highest Threat out of this flaw is to integrity and confidentiality.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Ansible Runner | 2.0.0 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3702Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977965Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commitsPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3702Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1977965Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner/pull/742/commitsPatch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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