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PYSEC-2017-32

Quick fix

PYSEC-2017-32 — salt: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'salt>=2015.8.3'

Details

The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

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Affected packages

PyPI/salt

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2015.8.3

Fixpip install --upgrade 'salt>=2015.8.3'

References

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.3.html[WEB]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96390[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247[ADVISORY]