USN-4769-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4769-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4769-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4769-1
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Published
2021-03-15T20:11:16.216380Z
Modified
2021-03-15T20:11:16.216380Z
Summary
salt vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a special crafted file. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3563)

Andreas Stieger discovered that Salt exposed git usernames and passwords in log files. An attacker could use this issue to retrieve sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-6918).

It was discovered that Salt exposed password authentication credentials in log files. An attacker could use this issue to retrieve sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-6941)

It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a special crafted file. An attacker could use this issue to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12791, CVE-2017-14695, CVE-2017-14696)

It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server. An attacker could use this issue to extract sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-15750)

It was discovered that Salt allowed users to bypass authentication. An attacker could use this issue to extract sensitive information, execute arbitrary code or crash the server. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-15751)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.16.0-1
0.16.4-2
0.17.1+dfsg-1
0.17.2-1
0.17.2-2
0.17.2-3
0.17.4-1
0.17.4-2
0.17.5-1
0.17.5+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "salt-ssh": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "salt-master": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "salt-doc": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "salt-common": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "salt-minion": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "salt-syndic": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

2015.*

2015.5.3+ds-1
2015.8.1+ds-2
2015.8.3+ds-1
2015.8.3+ds-2
2015.8.3+ds-3
2015.8.5+ds-1
2015.8.7+ds-1
2015.8.8+ds-1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "salt-cloud": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-common": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-syndic": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-ssh": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-master": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-doc": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-api": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-minion": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "salt-proxy": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}