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Gentoo: GLSA-202011-13 Normal: Salt Multiple Risks Detected

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous flaws found in Salt, highlighting severe threat of unauthorized code execution. Update advised.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Salt, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary execution normal salt

Resolution

All Salt users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/salt-3000.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-16846 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-17490 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17490 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-25592 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25592 [ 4 ] Upstream advisory

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #753266
ID: 202011-13

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Salt, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

Salt is a remote execution and configuration manager.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/salt < 3000.5 >= 3000.5

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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