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PYSEC-2017-82

Details

The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).

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Affected packages

PyPI / salt

Introduced in: 2016.11 Fixed in: 2016.11.4

Fix pip install --upgrade 'salt>=2016.11.4'

References

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658 [WEB]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609 [WEB]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075 [REPORT]
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html [WEB]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912 [REPORT]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095 [WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7 [ADVISORY]