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USN-6948-1: Salt vulnerabilities

8 August 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Salt.

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Releases

Packages

  • salt - Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus

Details

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary
commands. (CVE-2020-16846)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly created certificates with weak
file permissions. (CVE-2020-17490)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.
(CVE-2020-25592)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted process names.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28243)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled validation of SSL/TLS
certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof
a trusted entity. (CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-25281)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted paths. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform directory traversal.
(CVE-2021-25282)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled template rendering. A
remote attacker could possibly this issue to run arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-25283)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled logging. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to discover credentials. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25284)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary
commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3148)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled input sanitization.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary
commands. (CVE-2021-3197)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.