Information Exposure Affecting salt package, versions <2016.11.5+ds-1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published25 Apr 2017
- disclosed25 Apr 2017
Introduced: 25 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-8109 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 salt to version 2016.11.5+ds-1 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 salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8109
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095