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CVE-2020-17490
November 06, 2020
The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.
Affected Packages
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2016.3.0 <2016.3.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.3.8
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.8.7 <2015.8.13
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2015.8.13
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3001 <3001.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3001.2
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2017.7.0rc1 <2017.7.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2017.7.8
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2019.2.0 <2019.2.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2019.2.6
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3000 <3000.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3000.4
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2018.3.0rc1 <2018.3.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2018.3.5
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =3002 <3002.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3002.1
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2016.11.0 <2016.11.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.11.10
Related Resources (17)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.1.rst#L13
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.2.rst#L10
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.4.rst#L10
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2020-105.yaml
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2019.2.6.rst#L10
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html#latest-branch-release
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17490
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
2.1
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-732
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06