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CVE-2015-6941: salt password information leaked in debug logs

May 17, 2022 (updated October 21, 2024)

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-71.yaml
  • github.com/saltstack/salt
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/fdd35374562658f4a20767a3703fab93d92f9ca9
  • github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6941

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2015.5 before 2015.5.6, all versions starting from 2015.8 before 2015.8.1

Fixed versions

  • 2015.5.6
  • 2015.8.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Source file

pypi/salt/CVE-2015-6941.yml

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