USN-4769-1: salt Ubuntu

Vulnerability summary

USN-4769-1 is a vulnerability in salt Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 15-03-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 29-06-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

salt vulnerabilities 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)

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