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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6849-1
June 25, 2024

salt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Salt.

Software Description:
- salt: Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus

Details:

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly validated method calls and
sanitized paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access
some methods without authentication. (CVE-2020-11651, CVE-2020-11652)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   salt-common                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   salt-master                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   salt-minion                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart Salt to make all the
necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6849-1
   CVE-2020-11651, CVE-2020-11652

Key Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 6849-1 Salt Security Advisory Revealed

June 25, 2024
Several security issues were fixed in Salt.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Salt. Software Description: - salt: Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus Details: It was discovered that Salt incorrectly validated method calls and sanitized paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access some methods without authentication. (CVE-2020-11651, CVE-2020-11652)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS   salt-common                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   salt-master                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   salt-minion                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro After a standard system update you need to restart Salt to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6849-1

  CVE-2020-11651, CVE-2020-11652

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6849-1

Package Information

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