Salt up to 2015.8.3 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Salt up to 2015.8.3. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-1866. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Salt up to 2015.8.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

The weakness was released 04/12/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.opensuse.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1866 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88570 (FreeBSD : salt -- code execution (0652005e-ca96-11e5-96d6-14dae9d210b8)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168638 (OpenSuSE Security Update for salt (openSUSE-SU-2016:0694-1)).

Upgrading to version 2015.8.4 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 (88570). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 88570
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : salt -- code execution (0652005e-ca96-11e5-96d6-14dae9d210b8)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Salt 2015.8.4

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01/12/2016 🔍
02/02/2016 +21 days 🔍
02/03/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/12/2016 +68 days 🔍
04/12/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/13/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/11/2024 +3103 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lists.opensuse.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-1866 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1866
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82256

Entryinfo

Created: 04/13/2016 10:06
Updated: 10/11/2024 17:01
Changes: 04/13/2016 10:06 (44), 10/05/2018 07:40 (20), 10/11/2024 17:01 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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