Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting salt package, versions <2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-1037329
  • published5 Nov 2020
  • disclosed6 Nov 2020

Introduced: 5 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-17490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 salt to version 2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.

CVSS Scores

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