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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-7181-1 critical: Salt remote code execution

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Calendar Grey January 6, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Stay informed about a critical Salt vulnerability in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Follow the update steps to secure your systems from potential attack vectors
Salt could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Salt could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - salt: Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus Details: It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled web requests when the SSH client was enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution or obtain sensitive information.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS   salt-common                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   salt-master                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   salt-minion                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   salt-ssh                        0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   salt-syndic                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7181-1

  CVE-2020-16846

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7181-1

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