CVE-2017-8109 Information

Description

The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912 https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075 https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609 https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8