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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                              ESB-2017.2115.2
         salt -- Maliciously crafted minion IDs can cause unwanted
                  directory traversals on the Salt-master
                             24 November 2017

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           SaltStack
Publisher:         FreeBSD
Operating System:  FreeBSD
                   UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service        -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                   Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                   Unauthorised Access      -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2017-14696 CVE-2017-14695 CVE-2017-12791

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3531141d-a708-477c-954a-2a0549e49ca9.html
   http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/50127e44-7b88-4ade-8e12-5d57320823f1.html

Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on 
         platforms other than FreeBSD. It is recommended that administrators
         running salt check for an updated version of the software for their
         operating system.

Revision History:  November 24 2017: Original fix introduced new vulnerabilities;
                                     these have been patched
                   August   23 2017: Initial Release

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FreeBSD VuXML: Documenting security issues in FreeBSD and the FreeBSD Ports
Collection

salt -- multiple vulnerabilities

Affected packages
            py27-salt < 2016.11.8
2017.7.0 <= py27-salt < 2017.7.2
            py32-salt < 2016.11.8
2017.7.0 <= py32-salt < 2017.7.2
            py33-salt < 2016.11.8
2017.7.0 <= py33-salt < 2017.7.2
            py34-salt < 2016.11.8
2017.7.0 <= py34-salt < 2017.7.2
            py35-salt < 2016.11.8
2017.7.0 <= py35-salt < 2017.7.2
            py36-salt < 2016.11.8
2017.7.0 <= py36-salt < 2017.7.2

Details

VuXML ID  50127e44-7b88-4ade-8e12-5d57320823f1
Discovery 2017-10-09
Entry     2017-11-23

SaltStack reports:

    Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack.
    Allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a
    master via a crafted minion ID. Credit for discovering the security flaw
    goes to: Julian Brost (julian@0x4a42.net). NOTE: this vulnerability exists
    because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.

    Remote Denial of Service with a specially crafted authentication request.
    Credit for discovering the security flaw goes to: Julian Brost
    (julian@0x4a42.net)

References

CVE     CVE-2017-14695
Name
CVE     CVE-2017-14696
Name
URL     https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html
URL     https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html
URL     https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/
        5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b
URL     https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/
        80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d

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salt -- Maliciously crafted minion IDs can cause unwanted directory traversals
on the Salt-master

Affected packages

py27-salt < 2016.11.7

2017.7.0 <= py27-salt < 2017.7.1

py32-salt < 2016.11.7

2017.7.0 <= py32-salt < 2017.7.1

py33-salt < 2016.11.7

2017.7.0 <= py33-salt < 2017.7.1

py34-salt < 2016.11.7

2017.7.0 <= py34-salt < 2017.7.1

py35-salt < 2016.11.7

2017.7.0 <= py35-salt < 2017.7.1

py36-salt < 2016.11.7

2017.7.0 <= py36-salt < 2017.7.1

Details

VuXML ID 3531141d-a708-477c-954a-2a0549e49ca9

Discovery 2017-08-16

Entry 2017-08-22

SaltStack reports:

Correct a flaw in 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. Credit for 
discovering the security flaw goes to: Vernhk@qq.com

References

CVE Name CVE-2017-12791

URL https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html

URL https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html

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