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Gentoo: GLSA-202412-09: Salt: Security Advisory Updates

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Discover multiple vulnerabilities in Salt with a normal severity alert, including arbitrary code execution risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt, the worst of which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All Salt users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/salt-3006.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-20897 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20897 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-20898 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20898 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-34049 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34049 [ 4 ] CVE-2024-22231 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22231 [ 5 ] CVE-2024-22232 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22232

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202412-09
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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: December 07, 2024
Bugs: #916512, #925021
ID: 202412-09

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Topics Covered

No topics assigned

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt, the worst of which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Salt is a fast, intelligent and scalable automation engine.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------- ------------ ------------ app-admin/salt < 3006.6 >= 3006.6

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.