#VU42399 Code Injection in Salt - CVE-2013-4438
Published: November 5, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42399
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4438
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Salt
Salt
Software vendor:
SaltStack
SaltStack
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Salt (aka SaltStack) before 0.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor states that this might not be a vulnerability because the YAML to be loaded has already been determined to be safe.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.