| Name | CVE-2017-8109 |
| Description | The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients). |
| 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 | 861219 |
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 | fixed |
| 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 | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| salt | source | stretch | 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u2 | | | |
| salt | source | (unstable) | 2016.11.5+ds-1 | | | 861219 |
Notes
[jessie] - salt <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/8492cef7a5c8871a3978ffc2f6e48b3b960e0151