1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7181-1

USN-7181-1: Salt vulnerability

Publication date

6 January 2025

Overview

Salt could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • salt - Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus

Details

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled web requests when the SSH
client was enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve
remote code execution or obtain sensitive information.

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled web requests when the SSH
client was enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve
remote code execution or obtain sensitive information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty salt-common –  0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
salt-master –  0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
salt-minion –  0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
salt-ssh –  0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  
salt-syndic –  0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4  

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