CVE-2014-3563
Publication date 22 August 2014
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that the salt allows 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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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salt | ||
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4769-1
- Salt vulnerabilities
- 15 March 2021
Other references
- http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.1.10.html
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95392
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/428
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/7d4c470f91fcb43f505bfd220605fede1041437c
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/2b8953adcbf1527bb330b12c9d59f1753ecaf78d
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3563