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title: "CVE-2015-6941\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6941

Publication date 9 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6941?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

win\_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before
2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug
logs.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the salt has a vulnerability where it exposes sensitive
informations in the log files. An attacker could use this retrieve it.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| salt | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6941)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6941)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6941)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6941)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4769-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4769-1)
+ Salt vulnerabilities
+ 15 March 2021

### Other references

* <https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html>
* <https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6941>