Subject: [ASA-202011-7] salt: multiple issues Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202011-7 ========================================= Severity: Critical Date : 2020-11-10 CVE-ID : CVE-2020-16846 CVE-2020-17490 CVE-2020-25592 Package : salt Type : multiple issues Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1262 Summary ======= The package salt before version 2019.2.7-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary command execution and access restriction bypass. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 2019.2.7-1. # pacman -Syu "salt>=2019.2.7-1" The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2019.2.7. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== - CVE-2020-16846 (arbitrary command execution) An issue has been found in Salt before 3001.3, 3000.5, 2019.2.7 where an unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API can use shell injections to run code on the Salt API using the SSH client. - CVE-2020-17490 (access restriction bypass) An issue has been found in Salt before 3001.3, 3000.5, 2019.2.7 where, when using the functions create_ca, create_csr, and create_self_signed_cert in the tls execution module, it will not ensure the key was created with the correct permissions. - CVE-2020-25592 (arbitrary command execution) An issue has been found in Salt before 3001.3, 3000.5, 2019.2.7 where, when using the SSH client, an unauthenticated user can gain access to run commands against targets set in a Salt-SSH roster. Impact ====== A remote, unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API can execute arbitrary commands. References ========== https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/ https://gitlab.com/saltstack/open/salt-patches/-/blob/master/patches/2020/09/02/2019.2.x.patch https://gitlab.com/saltstack/open/salt-patches/-/blob/master/patches/2020/09/25/2019.2.6.patch https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16846 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-17490 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-25592