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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4676-2                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
May 07, 2020                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : salt
CVE ID         : CVE-2020-11651 CVE-2020-11652
Debian Bug     : 959684

The update for salt for the oldstable distribution (stretch) released as
DSA 4676-1 contained an incomplete fix to address CVE-2020-11651 and
CVE-2020-11652. Updated salt packages are now available to correct this
issue. For reference, the original advisory text follows.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in salt, a powerful remote
execution manager, which could result in retrieve of user tokens from
the salt master, execution of arbitrary commands on salt minions,
arbitrary directory access to authenticated users or arbitrary code
execution on salt-api hosts.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your salt packages.

For the detailed security status of salt please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/salt

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4676-2: salt security update

May 7, 2020
The update for salt for the oldstable distribution (stretch) released as DSA 4676-1 contained an incomplete fix to address CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652

Summary

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in salt, a powerful remote
execution manager, which could result in retrieve of user tokens from
the salt master, execution of arbitrary commands on salt minions,
arbitrary directory access to authenticated users or arbitrary code
execution on salt-api hosts.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your salt packages.

For the detailed security status of salt please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/salt

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
The update for salt for the oldstable distribution (stretch) released as
DSA 4676-1 contained an incomplete fix to address CVE-2020-11651 and
CVE-2020-11652. Updated salt packages are now available to correct this
issue. For reference, the original advisory text follows.

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