CVE-2020-1737

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-1737
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-09 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, and 2.9.6 and prior when using the Extract-Zip function from the win_unzip module as the extracted file(s) are not checked if they belong to the destination folder. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting an archive anywhere in the file system, using a path traversal. This issue is fixed in 2.10.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible Engine All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Ansible: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202006-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
1802154 – (CVE-2020-1737) CVE-2020-1737 ansible: Extract-Zip function in win_unzip module does not check extracted path CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
win_unzip path traversal with specially crafted archive · Issue #67795 · ansible/ansible · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ansible-2.9.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500009 Alpine Linux Security Update for ansible
  • 501349 Alpine Linux Security Update for ansible-base
  • 982730 Python (pip) Security Update for ansible (GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx)
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