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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for salt (DLA-2823-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'salt' package(s) announced via the DLA-2823-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Jonathan Schlue discovered a vulnerability in Salt, a powerful remote execution manager. A user who has control of the source, and source_hash URLs can gain full file system access as root on a salt minion.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'salt' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u8. We recommend that you upgrade your salt packages.