{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-6948-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"salt vulnerabilities\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary\ncommands. (CVE-2020-16846)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly created certificates with weak\nfile permissions. (CVE-2020-17490)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.\n(CVE-2020-25592)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted process names.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28243)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled validation of SSL/TLS\ncertificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof\na trusted entity. (CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2021-25281)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted paths. A remote\nattacker could possibly use this issue to perform directory traversal.\n(CVE-2021-25282)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled template rendering. A\nremote attacker could possibly this issue to run arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2021-25283)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled logging. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to discover credentials. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25284)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary\ncommands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3148)\n\nIt was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled input sanitization.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary\ncommands. 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