{"id":"USN-6948-1","summary":"salt vulnerabilities","details":"It 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. (CVE-2021-3197)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:44:43Z","published":"2024-08-08T19:21:44Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16846","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17490","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25592","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28243","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28972","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35662","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25281","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25282","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25283","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25284","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3148","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3197"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-16846","CVE-2020-17490","CVE-2020-25592","CVE-2020-28243","CVE-2020-28972","CVE-2020-35662","CVE-2021-25281","CVE-2021-25282","CVE-2021-25283","CVE-2021-25284","CVE-2021-3148","CVE-2021-3197","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16846","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17490","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25592","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28243","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28972","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35662","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25281","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25282","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25283","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25284","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3148","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3197"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6948-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16846"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-17490"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25592"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28243"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28972"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35662"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3148"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3197"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25281"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25282"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25283"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25284"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"}]}],"versions":["2015.5.3+ds-1","2015.8.1+ds-2","2015.8.3+ds-1","2015.8.3+ds-2","2015.8.3+ds-3","2015.8.5+ds-1","2015.8.7+ds-1","2015.8.8+ds-1","2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1","2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available 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