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PYSEC-2021-346

Quick fix

PYSEC-2021-346 — salt: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'salt>=3003.3'

Details

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/salt

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 3003.3

Fixpip install --upgrade 'salt>=3003.3'

References

https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/[ADVISORY]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57[ADVISORY]