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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Salt Critical Info Disclosure Auth Bypass USN-8153-1

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues fixed in Salt for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, addressing permission handling and authentication bypass risks.
Several security issues were fixed in Salt.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Salt.

Software Description:

- salt: Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus

Details:

Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache

data. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive

information. (CVE-2015-8034)

Dylan Frese discovered that Salt incorrectly allowed users to specify PAM

service. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.

(CVE-2016-3176)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu local attack information disclosure authentication bypass salt

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~esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  salt-master                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  salt-minion                     0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8153-1

CVE-2015-8034, CVE-2016-3176

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8153-1

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security advisory Ubuntu local attack information disclosure authentication bypass salt

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