In SaltStack Salt 2016.9 through 3002.6, a command injection vulnerability...
Vulnerability Description
In SaltStack Salt 2016.9 through 3002.6, a command injection vulnerability exists in the snapper module that allows for local privilege escalation on a minion. The attack requires that a file is created with a pathname that is backed up by snapper, and that the master calls the snapper.diff function (which executes popen unsafely).
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- https://sec.stealthcopter.com/saltstack-snapper-minion-privledge-escaltion/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LDKMAJXYFHM4USVX3H5V2GCCBGASWUSM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
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