Several vulnerabilities were discovered in package salt, a configuration management and infrastructure automation software.
The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.
The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.
For Debian 8 Jessie
, these problems have been fixed in version
2014.1.13+ds-3+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your salt packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS