Improper Access Control Affecting salt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.67% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-SALT-292631
  • published7 Feb 2017
  • disclosed7 Feb 2017

Introduced: 7 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9639  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 salt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.