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Debian 9: DLA-2294-1 Critical: Salt Remote Access Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 28, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS DLA-2300-1 provides a security update that tackles vulnerabilities related to systemd improper access control issues.

Two issues have been found in salt, a remote manager to administer servers.

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Summary


Two issues have been found in salt, a remote manager to administer
servers.

These issues are related to remote hackers bypassing authentication to
execute arbitrary commands and getting informations about files on the
server


For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version
2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u5.

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

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



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Package: salt
Version: 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u5
CVE ID: CVE-2018-15750 CVE-2018-15751

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