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Severity: Normal
Title: Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 11, 2020
Bugs: #753266
ID: 202011-13

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Salt, the worst of which
could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
==========

Salt is a remote execution and configuration manager.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/salt < 3000.5 >= 3000.5

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Salt. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Salt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/salt-3000.5"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-16846
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-17490
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17490
[ 3 ] CVE-2020-25592
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25592
[ 4 ] Upstream advisory
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5