GLSA 202103-01: Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/31/2021
Bugs:	#767919
ID:	202103-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Salt, the worst of which could allow remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Background

Salt is a fast, intelligent and scalable automation engine.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/salt	< 3000.8	>= 3000.8	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary commands via salt-api, cause a Denial of Service condition, bypass access restrictions or disclose sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Salt users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/salt-3000.8"
    

References

• CVE-2021-3197
• CVE-2021-3148
• CVE-2021-3144
• CVE-2021-25284
• CVE-2021-25283
• CVE-2021-25282
• CVE-2021-25281
• CVE-2020-35662
• CVE-2020-28972
• CVE-2020-28243

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202103-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.