CVE-2020-28243: SaltStack Salt command injection via a crafted process name
(updated )
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt. The minion’s restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-ignored directory.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-73.yaml
- github.com/saltstack/salt
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.7.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.5.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.3.rst
- github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28243
- saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25
- sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
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