Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201708-17

Severity: Medium
Date : 2017-08-23
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-12791
Package : salt
Type : directory traversal
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-383

Summary

The package salt before version 2017.7.1-1 is vulnerable to directory
traversal.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2017.7.1-1.

pacman -Syu “salt>=2017.7.1-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2017.7.1.

Workaround

None.

Description

It has been discovered that maliciously crafted minion IDs can cause
unwanted directory traversals on the salt-master. The flaw is within
the minion id validation which could allow certain minions to
authenticate to a master despite not having the correct credentials. To
exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must create a salt-minion with
an ID containing characters that will cause a directory traversal.

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker is able to craft a malicious minion ID to
cause a directory traversal on the salt-master.

References

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/salt-announce/3e5bNantdJk
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12791