Salt prior 2015.8.11 Cache access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Salt and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Cache Handler. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-9639. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Salt. Affected is an unknown code of the component Cache Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.

The bug was discovered 11/25/2016. The weakness was presented 02/07/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-9639 since 11/25/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 74 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109293 (openSUSE Security Update : salt (openSUSE-2018-388)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171099 (OpenSUSE Security Update for salt (openSUSE-SU-2018:1053-1)).

Upgrading to version 2015.8.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (109293) and SecurityFocus (BID 94553†). See VDB-105674 and VDB-107172 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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

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Nessus ID: 109293
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : salt (openSUSE-2018-388)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Salt 2015.8.11

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11/25/2016 🔍
11/25/2016 +0 days 🔍
11/28/2016 +3 days 🔍
02/07/2017 +71 days 🔍
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04/23/2018 +440 days 🔍
04/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
08/11/2020 +840 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-9639 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9639
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96618
SecurityFocus: 94553 - SaltStack Salt CVE-2016-9639 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9639 - Salt - File Modification Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/07/2017 22:15
Updated: 08/11/2020 16:23
Changes: 02/07/2017 22:15 (69), 08/11/2020 16:23 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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