Salt up to 2015 Log Username information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Salt up to 2015. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Log Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Username). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

salt before 2015.5.5 leaks git usernames and passwords to the log.

The bug was discovered 08/21/2015. The weakness was published 10/10/2017 as Bug 1257154 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6918 since 09/11/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 57 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86431 (FreeBSD : Salt -- multiple vulnerabilities (3934cc60-f0fa-4eca-be09-c8bd7ae42871)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2015.5.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86431). Similar entry is available at VDB-105149. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Username
Class: Information disclosure / Username
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 86431
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Salt -- multiple vulnerabilities (3934cc60-f0fa-4eca-be09-c8bd7ae42871)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Salt 2015.5.5
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

08/21/2015 🔍
09/11/2015 +21 days 🔍
10/17/2015 +36 days 🔍
10/19/2015 +2 days 🔍
10/10/2017 +722 days 🔍
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10/11/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/03/2023 +1910 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1257154
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-6918 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/11/2017 10:10 AM
Updated: 01/03/2023 08:16 AM
Changes: 10/11/2017 10:10 AM (69), 11/23/2019 08:50 AM (3), 01/03/2023 08:16 AM (4)
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