CVE-2023-20898

Name	CVE-2023-20898
Description	Git Providers can read from the wrong environment because they get the same cache directory base name in Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2. Anything that uses Git Providers with different environments can get garbage data or the wrong data, which can lead to wrongful data disclosure, wrongful executions, data corruption and/or crash.
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	1051504

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	vulnerable
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u3	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
salt	source	jessie	(unfixed)	end-of-life
salt	source	stretch	(unfixed)	end-of-life
salt	source	buster	(unfixed)	end-of-life
salt	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)		1051504

[buster] - salt <end-of-life> (EOL in buster LTS)
https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/