Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting salt package, versions <2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-1037329
- published 5 Nov 2020
- disclosed 6 Nov 2020
Introduced: 5 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-17490 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-17490
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html#latest-branch-release
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
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