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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2294-1 salt -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

28 Jul 2020

Affected Packages:

salt

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-15750, CVE-2018-15751.

More information:

Two issues have been found in salt, a remote manager to administer servers.

These issues are related to remote hackers bypassing authentication to execute arbitrary commands and getting informations about files on the server

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your salt packages.

For the detailed security status of salt please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/salt

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS