Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU42398

Input validation error in Salt - CVE-2013-4437

Published: November 5, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU42398

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4437

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Unspecified vulnerability in salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 has unspecified impact and vectors related to "insecure Usage of /tmp."

Salt
Fedora
salt

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salt - addressed in versions 0.17.1-1.el5, 0.17.1-1.el6