PT-2013-5017 · Salt+1 · Saltstack+1

Michael Scherer · Published 2013-11-05 · Updated 2013-11-24 · CVE-2013-4438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Salt (aka SaltStack) versions prior to 0.17.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code. The vendor has noted that this might not be considered a vulnerability because the YAML to be loaded has already been determined to be safe.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.17.1, update to version 0.17.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2013-1179

CVE-2013-4438

PYSEC-2013-13

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Saltstack

References · 16

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4437 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6617 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4438 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4438 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4438 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2013-1179 · Vendor Advisory
• http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4439 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4438 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4435 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4436 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2013-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2013-4438 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/15 · Note