SaltStack < 3002.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 148112

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Synopsis

The version of SaltStack running on the remote server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of SaltStack hosted on the remote server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- 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. (CVE-2021-3197)

- The Salt-API does not have eAuth credentials for the wheel_async client. Thus, an attacker can remotely run any wheel modules on the master. (CVE-2021-25281)

- eauth tokens can be used once after expiration. They can be used to run command against the salt master or minions. (CVE-2021-3144)

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

Solution

Upgrade to SaltStack version referenced in the vendor security advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 148112

File Name: saltstack_3002_5_multiple_vulnerabilities.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/25/2021

Updated: 1/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:saltstack:salt

Required KB Items: installed_sw/SaltStack Salt Master

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2021

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SaltStack Salt API Unauthenticated RCE through wheel_async client)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28243, CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282, CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2021-3144, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3197

IAVA: 2021-A-0112-S

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