| Name | CVE-2021-3197 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2815-1, ELA-537-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 983632 |
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 | 2014.1.13+ds-3+deb8u2 | | ELA-537-1 | |
| salt | source | stretch | 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u7 | | DLA-2815-1 | |
| salt | source | buster | 2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u3 | | | |
| salt | source | (unstable) | 3002.5+dfsg1-1 | | | 983632 |
Notes
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5273722c2180c394bc426f731450b95809ca952e (v3002.3)
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/039b7f3f5713170799363d96e6263c2809e4245c (v3002.3)
Regression: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/59664
Regression fix: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/51f350fcdf4b14e4f16cedabd743ca23c574a186
Regression follow-up: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/59748
Regression follow-up fix: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/61d74a7e3bc4dfd6f16a7f123e76d0824059217d