{"id":"MGASA-2016-0163","summary":"Updated ansible packages fix CVE-2016-3096","details":"Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerability:\n\nA vulnerability in lxc_container, ansible module, was found allowing to get\nroot inside the container. The problem is in the create_script function, which\ntries to write to /opt/.lxc-attach-script inside of the container. If the\nattacker can write to /opt/.lxc-attach-script before that, he can overwrite\narbitrary files or execute commands as root (CVE-2016-3096).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:46.333438807Z","published":"2016-05-05T16:26:44Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-3096"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0163.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18275"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-1.9/CHANGELOG.md"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/ansible?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.6-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0163.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}