Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-5115 - Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious Ansible role and make the victim execute the role. A symlink can be used to overwrite a file outside of the extraction path.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 7 | |
| OS | 2 | |
| OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html