CVE-2013-6617

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges.

The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

SaltStack Salt

First reported 11 years ago

2013-11-05 18:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-11-06 14:36:00

Affected Software

SaltStack Salt 0.11.0

0.11.0

SaltStack Salt 0.12.0

0.12.0

SaltStack Salt 0.13.0

0.13.0

SaltStack Salt 0.14.0

0.14.0

SaltStack Salt 0.15.0

0.15.0

SaltStack Salt 0.15.1

0.15.1

SaltStack Salt 0.16.0

0.16.0

SaltStack Salt 0.16.2

0.16.2

SaltStack Salt 0.16.3

0.16.3

SaltStack Salt 0.16.4

0.16.4

SaltStack Salt 0.17.0

0.17.0

References

http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html

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