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GLSA-202103-01 : Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 148273

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202103-01 (Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary commands via salt-api, cause a Denial of Service condition, bypass access restrictions or disclose sensitive information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Salt users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/salt-3000.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 148273

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202103-01.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/1/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:salt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2021

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SaltStack Salt API Unauthenticated RCE through wheel_async client)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28243, CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282, CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2021-3144, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3197

GLSA: 202103-01