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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2015-6240

CVE-2015-6240

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
ansiblePyPI
< 1.9.21.9.2

Patches

2
952166f48eb0

Fix problem with chroot connection plugins and symlinks from within the chroot.

https://github.com/ansible/ansibleToshio KuratomiJun 23, 2015via ghsa
1 file changed · +56 36
  • lib/ansible/plugins/connections/chroot.py+56 36 modified
    @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
     # Based on local.py (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
     # (c) 2013, Maykel Moya <mmoya@speedyrails.com>
    +# (c) 2015, Toshio Kuratomi <tkuratomi@ansible.com>
     #
     # This file is part of Ansible
     #
    @@ -21,13 +22,14 @@
     import distutils.spawn
     import traceback
     import os
    -import shutil
     import subprocess
     from ansible import errors
     from ansible import utils
     from ansible.callbacks import vvv
     import ansible.constants as C
     
    +BUFSIZE = 65536
    +
     class Connection(object):
         ''' Local chroot based connections '''
     
    @@ -64,8 +66,21 @@ def connect(self, port=None):
     
             return self
     
    -    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None):
    -        ''' run a command on the chroot '''
    +    def _generate_cmd(self, executable, cmd):
    +        if executable:
    +            local_cmd = [self.chroot_cmd, self.chroot, executable, '-c', cmd]
    +        else:
    +            local_cmd = '%s "%s" %s' % (self.chroot_cmd, self.chroot, cmd)
    +        return local_cmd
    +
    +    def _buffered_exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None, stdin=subprocess.PIPE):
    +        ''' run a command on the chroot.  This is only needed for implementing
    +        put_file() get_file() so that we don't have to read the whole file
    +        into memory.
    +
    +        compared to exec_command() it looses some niceties like being able to
    +        return the process's exit code immediately.
    +        '''
     
             if sudoable and self.runner.become and self.runner.become_method not in self.become_methods_supported:
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support running commands via %s" % self.runner.become_method)
    @@ -74,60 +89,65 @@ def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executab
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
     
             # We enter chroot as root so we ignore privlege escalation?
    -
    -        if executable:
    -            local_cmd = [self.chroot_cmd, self.chroot, executable, '-c', cmd]
    -        else:
    -            local_cmd = '%s "%s" %s' % (self.chroot_cmd, self.chroot, cmd)
    +        local_cmd = self._generate_cmd(executable, cmd)
     
             vvv("EXEC %s" % (local_cmd), host=self.chroot)
             p = subprocess.Popen(local_cmd, shell=isinstance(local_cmd, basestring),
                                  cwd=self.runner.basedir,
    -                             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
    +                             stdin=stdin,
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     
    +        return p
    +
    +    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None):
    +        ''' run a command on the chroot '''
    +
    +        p = self._buffered_exec_command(cmd, tmp_path, become_user, sudoable, executable, in_data)
    +
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             return (p.returncode, '', stdout, stderr)
     
         def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
             ''' transfer a file from local to chroot '''
     
    -        if not out_path.startswith(os.path.sep):
    -            out_path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, out_path)
    -        normpath = os.path.normpath(out_path)
    -        out_path = os.path.join(self.chroot, normpath[1:])
    -
             vvv("PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.chroot)
    -        if not os.path.exists(in_path):
    -            raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
    +
             try:
    -            shutil.copyfile(in_path, out_path)
    -        except shutil.Error:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to copy: %s and %s are the same" % (in_path, out_path))
    +            with open(in_path, 'rb') as in_file:
    +                try:
    +                    p = self._buffered_exec_command('dd of=%s' % out_path, None, stdin=in_file)
    +                except OSError:
    +                    raise errors.AnsibleError("chroot connection requires dd command in the chroot")
    +                try:
    +                    stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
    +                except:
    +                    traceback.print_exc()
    +                    raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file %s to %s" % (in_path, out_path))
    +                if p.returncode != 0:
    +                    raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file %s to %s:\n%s\n%s" % (in_path, out_path, stdout, stderr))
             except IOError:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    +            raise errors.AnsibleError("file or module does not exist at: %s" % in_path)
     
         def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
             ''' fetch a file from chroot to local '''
     
    -        if not in_path.startswith(os.path.sep):
    -            in_path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, in_path)
    -        normpath = os.path.normpath(in_path)
    -        in_path = os.path.join(self.chroot, normpath[1:])
    -
             vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.chroot)
    -        if not os.path.exists(in_path):
    -            raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
    +
             try:
    -            shutil.copyfile(in_path, out_path)
    -        except shutil.Error:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to copy: %s and %s are the same" % (in_path, out_path))
    -        except IOError:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    +            p = self._buffered_exec_command('dd if=%s bs=%s' % (in_path, BUFSIZE), None)
    +        except OSError:
    +            raise errors.AnsibleError("chroot connection requires dd command in the jail")
    +
    +        with open(out_path, 'wb+') as out_file:
    +            try:
    +                for chunk in p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE):
    +                    out_file.write(chunk)
    +            except:
    +                traceback.print_exc()
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file %s to %s" % (in_path, out_path))
    +            stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
    +            if p.returncode != 0:
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file %s to %s:\n%s\n%s" % (in_path, out_path, stdout, stderr))
     
         def close(self):
             ''' terminate the connection; nothing to do here '''
    
ca2f2c4ebd7b

Fix problem with jail and zone connection plugins and symlinks from within the jail/zone.

https://github.com/ansible/ansibleToshio KuratomiJun 19, 2015via ghsa
2 files changed · +93 61
  • lib/ansible/plugins/connections/jail.py+46 31 modified
    @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
     # Based on local.py (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
     # and chroot.py     (c) 2013, Maykel Moya <mmoya@speedyrails.com>
     # (c) 2013, Michael Scherer <misc@zarb.org>
    +# (c) 2015, Toshio Kuratomi <tkuratomi@ansible.com>
     #
     # This file is part of Ansible
     #
    @@ -22,14 +23,15 @@
     import distutils.spawn
     import traceback
     import os
    -import shutil
     import subprocess
     from ansible import errors
     from ansible.callbacks import vvv
     import ansible.constants as C
     
    +BUFSIZE = 4096
    +
     class Connection(object):
    -    ''' Local chroot based connections '''
    +    ''' Local BSD Jail based connections '''
     
         def _search_executable(self, executable):
             cmd = distutils.spawn.find_executable(executable)
    @@ -81,9 +83,9 @@ def __init__(self, runner, host, port, *args, **kwargs):
             self.port = port
     
         def connect(self, port=None):
    -        ''' connect to the chroot; nothing to do here '''
    +        ''' connect to the jail; nothing to do here '''
     
    -        vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL CHROOT DIR", host=self.jail)
    +        vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL JAIL DIR", host=self.jail)
     
             return self
     
    @@ -95,8 +97,14 @@ def _generate_cmd(self, executable, cmd):
                 local_cmd = '%s "%s" %s' % (self.jexec_cmd, self.jail, cmd)
             return local_cmd
     
    -    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None):
    -        ''' run a command on the chroot '''
    +    def _buffered_exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None, stdin=subprocess.PIPE):
    +        ''' run a command on the jail.  This is only needed for implementing
    +        put_file() get_file() so that we don't have to read the whole file
    +        into memory.
    +
    +        compared to exec_command() it looses some niceties like being able to
    +        return the process's exit code immediately.
    +        '''
     
             if sudoable and self.runner.become and self.runner.become_method not in self.become_methods_supported:
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support running commands via %s" % self.runner.become_method)
    @@ -110,45 +118,52 @@ def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executab
             vvv("EXEC %s" % (local_cmd), host=self.jail)
             p = subprocess.Popen(local_cmd, shell=isinstance(local_cmd, basestring),
                                  cwd=self.runner.basedir,
    -                             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
    +                             stdin=stdin,
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     
    +        return p
    +
    +    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None):
    +        ''' run a command on the jail '''
    +
    +        p = self._buffered_exec_command(cmd, tmp_path, become_user, sudoable, executable, in_data)
    +
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             return (p.returncode, '', stdout, stderr)
     
    -    def _normalize_path(self, path, prefix):
    -        if not path.startswith(os.path.sep):
    -            path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, path)
    -        normpath = os.path.normpath(path)
    -        return os.path.join(prefix, normpath[1:])
    -
    -    def _copy_file(self, in_path, out_path):
    -        if not os.path.exists(in_path):
    -            raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
    -        try:
    -            shutil.copyfile(in_path, out_path)
    -        except shutil.Error:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to copy: %s and %s are the same" % (in_path, out_path))
    -        except IOError:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    -
         def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
    -        ''' transfer a file from local to chroot '''
    +        ''' transfer a file from local to jail '''
     
    -        out_path = self._normalize_path(out_path, self.get_jail_path())
             vvv("PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.jail)
     
    -        self._copy_file(in_path, out_path)
    +        with open(in_path, 'rb') as in_file:
    +            p = self._buffered_exec_command('dd of=%s' % out_path, None, stdin=in_file)
    +            try:
    +                stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
    +            except:
    +                traceback.print_exc()
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    +            if p.returncode != 0:
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s:\n%s\n%s" % (out_path, stdout, stderr))
     
         def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
    -        ''' fetch a file from chroot to local '''
    +        ''' fetch a file from jail to local '''
     
    -        in_path = self._normalize_path(in_path, self.get_jail_path())
             vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.jail)
     
    -        self._copy_file(in_path, out_path)
    +
    +        p = self._buffered_exec_command('dd if=%s bs=%s' % (in_path, BUFSIZE), None)
    +
    +        with open(out_path, 'wb+') as out_file:
    +            try:
    +                for chunk in p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE):
    +                    out_file.write(chunk)
    +            except:
    +                traceback.print_exc()
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    +            stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
    +            if p.returncode != 0:
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s:\n%s\n%s" % (out_path, stdout, stderr))
     
         def close(self):
             ''' terminate the connection; nothing to do here '''
    
  • lib/ansible/plugins/connections/zone.py+47 30 modified
    @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     # and chroot.py     (c) 2013, Maykel Moya <mmoya@speedyrails.com>
     # and jail.py       (c) 2013, Michael Scherer <misc@zarb.org>
     # (c) 2015, Dagobert Michelsen <dam@baltic-online.de>
    +# (c) 2015, Toshio Kuratomi <tkuratomi@ansible.com>
     #
     # This file is part of Ansible
     #
    @@ -23,13 +24,13 @@
     import distutils.spawn
     import traceback
     import os
    -import shutil
     import subprocess
    -from subprocess import Popen,PIPE
     from ansible import errors
     from ansible.callbacks import vvv
     import ansible.constants as C
     
    +BUFSIZE = 4096
    +
     class Connection(object):
         ''' Local zone based connections '''
     
    @@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def list_zones(self):
                                  cwd=self.runner.basedir,
                                  stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    -        #stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
    +
             zones = []
             for l in pipe.stdout.readlines():
               # 1:work:running:/zones/work:3126dc59-9a07-4829-cde9-a816e4c5040e:native:shared
    @@ -97,13 +98,20 @@ def connect(self, port=None):
         # a modifier
         def _generate_cmd(self, executable, cmd):
             if executable:
    +            ### TODO: Why was "-c" removed from here? (vs jail.py)
                 local_cmd = [self.zlogin_cmd, self.zone, executable, cmd]
             else:
                 local_cmd = '%s "%s" %s' % (self.zlogin_cmd, self.zone, cmd)
             return local_cmd
     
    -    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable=None, in_data=None):
    -        ''' run a command on the zone '''
    +    def _buffered_exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable=None, in_data=None, stdin=subprocess.PIPE):
    +        ''' run a command on the zone.  This is only needed for implementing
    +        put_file() get_file() so that we don't have to read the whole file
    +        into memory.
    +
    +        compared to exec_command() it looses some niceties like being able to
    +        return the process's exit code immediately.
    +        '''
     
             if sudoable and self.runner.become and self.runner.become_method not in self.become_methods_supported:
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support running commands via %s" % self.runner.become_method)
    @@ -112,52 +120,61 @@ def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executab
                 raise errors.AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
     
             # We happily ignore privilege escalation
    -        if executable == '/bin/sh':
    -          executable = None
             local_cmd = self._generate_cmd(executable, cmd)
     
             vvv("EXEC %s" % (local_cmd), host=self.zone)
             p = subprocess.Popen(local_cmd, shell=isinstance(local_cmd, basestring),
                                  cwd=self.runner.basedir,
    -                             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
    +                             stdin=stdin,
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     
    +        return p
    +
    +    def exec_command(self, cmd, tmp_path, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable=None, in_data=None):
    +        ''' run a command on the zone '''
    +
    +        ### TODO: Why all the precautions not to specify /bin/sh? (vs jail.py)
    +        if executable == '/bin/sh':
    +          executable = None
    +
    +        p = self._buffered_exec_command(cmd, tmp_path, become_user, sudoable, executable, in_data)
    +
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
             return (p.returncode, '', stdout, stderr)
     
    -    def _normalize_path(self, path, prefix):
    -        if not path.startswith(os.path.sep):
    -            path = os.path.join(os.path.sep, path)
    -        normpath = os.path.normpath(path)
    -        return os.path.join(prefix, normpath[1:])
    -
    -    def _copy_file(self, in_path, out_path):
    -        if not os.path.exists(in_path):
    -            raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
    -        try:
    -            shutil.copyfile(in_path, out_path)
    -        except shutil.Error:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to copy: %s and %s are the same" % (in_path, out_path))
    -        except IOError:
    -            traceback.print_exc()
    -            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    -
         def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
             ''' transfer a file from local to zone '''
     
    -        out_path = self._normalize_path(out_path, self.get_zone_path())
             vvv("PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.zone)
     
    -        self._copy_file(in_path, out_path)
    +        with open(in_path, 'rb') as in_file:
    +            p = self._buffered_exec_command('dd of=%s' % out_path, None, stdin=in_file)
    +            try:
    +                stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
    +            except:
    +                traceback.print_exc()
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    +            if p.returncode != 0:
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s:\n%s\n%s" % (out_path, stdout, stderr))
     
         def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
             ''' fetch a file from zone to local '''
     
    -        in_path = self._normalize_path(in_path, self.get_zone_path())
             vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.zone)
     
    -        self._copy_file(in_path, out_path)
    +
    +        p = self._buffered_exec_command('dd if=%s bs=%s' % (in_path, BUFSIZE), None)
    +
    +        with open(out_path, 'wb+') as out_file:
    +            try:
    +                for chunk in p.stdout.read(BUFSIZE):
    +                    out_file.write(chunk)
    +            except:
    +                traceback.print_exc()
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s" % out_path)
    +            stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
    +            if p.returncode != 0:
    +                raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to transfer file to %s:\n%s\n%s" % (out_path, stdout, stderr))
     
         def close(self):
             ''' terminate the connection; nothing to do here '''
    

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