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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6948-1
August 08, 2024<\/p>\n
salt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/p>\n
Summary:<\/p>\n
Several security issues were fixed in Salt.<\/p>\n
Software Description:
– salt: Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus<\/p>\n
Details:<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary
commands. (CVE-2020-16846)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly created certificates with weak
file permissions. (CVE-2020-17490)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.
(CVE-2020-25592)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted process names.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28243)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled validation of SSL\/TLS
certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof
a trusted entity. (CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-25281)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted paths. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform directory traversal.
(CVE-2021-25282)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled template rendering. A
remote attacker could possibly this issue to run arbitrary code.
(CVE-2021-25283)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled logging. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to discover credentials. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25284)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary
commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3148)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled input sanitization.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary
commands. (CVE-2021-3197)<\/p>\n
Update instructions:<\/p>\n
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
salt-common 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
salt-common 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro<\/p>\n
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n
References:
https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/security\/notices\/USN-6948-1
CVE-2020-16846, CVE-2020-17490, CVE-2020-25592, CVE-2020-28243,
CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282,
CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3197<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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