SB2023110935 - SUSE update for salt
Published: November 9, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023110935
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) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34049)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue in Salt-SSH pre-flight option. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to an empty file on the system, wait for the salt to create the file for further execution, update the symbolic link and point it to another file that is under attacker's control and execute the file with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.