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Salt -- multiple vulnerabilities

Affected packages
py27-salt < 2015.8.1

Details

VuXML ID 3934cc60-f0fa-4eca-be09-c8bd7ae42871
Discovery 2015-10-16
Entry 2015-10-17

Salt release notes:

CVE-2015-6918 - Git modules leaking HTTPS auth credentials to debug log

Updated the Git state and execution modules to no longer display HTTPS basic authentication credentials in loglevel debug output on the Salt master. These credentials are now replaced with REDACTED in the debug output. Thanks to Andreas Stieger for bringing this to our attention.

CVE-2015-6941 - win_useradd module and salt-cloud display passwords in debug log

Updated the win_useradd module return data to no longer include the password of the newly created user. The password is now replaced with the string XXX-REDACTED-XXX. Updated the Salt Cloud debug output to no longer display win_password and sudo_password authentication credentials. Also updated the Linode driver to no longer display authentication credentials in debug logs. These credentials are now replaced with REDACTED in the debug output.

References

CVE Name CVE-2015-6918
CVE Name CVE-2015-6941
URL https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html