| Name | CVE-2015-8034 |
| Description | The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 807356 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| salt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2014.1.13+ds-3+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u10 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| salt | source | (unstable) | 2015.8.3+ds-1 | | | 807356 |
Notes
[jessie] - salt <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
For jessie: /var/cache/salt/minion is created with restricted permissions on
first start of salt-minion in verify_env mitigating the issue, cf.
https://sources.debian.org/src/salt/2014.1.13%2Bds-3/salt/utils/verify.py/#L207
https://github.com/cachedout/salt/commit/097838ec0c52b1e96f7f761e5fb3cd7e79808741
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/28455