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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202011-13
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Severity: Normal
Title: Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #753266
ID: 202011-13
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Salt, the worst of which
could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
Background
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Salt is a remote execution and configuration manager.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/salt < 3000.5 >= 3000.5
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Salt users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=app-admin/salt-3000.5”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-16846
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-17490
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17490
[ 3 ] CVE-2020-25592
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25592
[ 4 ] Upstream advisory
https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=11f3fa52-4e6fe04c-11f4679e-000babd90757-3a24c96600a4e0e2&q=1&e=34319c29-43f2-496e-856f-992cf4dc3a9b&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.saltstack.com%2Fblog%2Fon-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves%2F
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2020 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.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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