Improper Input Validation Affecting salt package, versions <2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    97.25% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-567952
  • published 30 Apr 2020
  • disclosed 30 Apr 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 salt to version 2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u1 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.

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

6.5 medium
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SUSE

7.2 high