SB2020020730 - OS Command Injection in salt (Alpine package)
Published: February 7, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020020730
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17361)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation the salt-api NET API with the ssh client enabled. A remote unauthenticated attacker with network access to the API endpoint can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the salt-api host.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.