Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an
    unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3)
    salt-cloud. (CVE-2014-3563)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4769-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a special crafted     file. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3563)

    Andreas Stieger discovered that Salt exposed git usernames and passwords in log files. An attacker could     use this issue to retrieve sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2015-6918).

    It was discovered that Salt exposed password authentication credentials in log files. An attacker could     use this issue to retrieve sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2015-6941)

    It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a special crafted     file. An attacker could use this

    issue to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12791, CVE-2017-14695, CVE-2017-14696)

    It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server. An     attacker could use this issue to extract sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2018-15750)

    It was discovered that Salt allowed users to bypass authentication. An attacker could use this issue to     extract sensitive information, execute arbitrary code or crash the server. This issue only affected Ubuntu     16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-15751)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
432582	SCA: security update for salt (GHSA-mfr3-9cj8-h2qm)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
432582	SCA: security update for salt (GHSA-mfr3-9cj8-h2qm)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
183538	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Salt vulnerabilities (USN-4769-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

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CVE-2014-3563

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