Improper Input Validation Affecting salt package, versions <2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    40.42% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-1037330
  • published 5 Nov 2020
  • disclosed 6 Nov 2020

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.

In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

9.8 critical
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Red Hat

9.8 critical