SB2017042515 - Information disclosure in SaltStack Salt
Published: April 25, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017042515
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8109)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658