Information Exposure Affecting salt package, versions <2016.11.5+ds-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-292668
- published 25 Apr 2017
- disclosed 25 Apr 2017
Introduced: 25 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-8109 Open this link in a new tabHow 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