UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6941

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6941
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6941.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6941
Upstream
  • CVE-2015-6941
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-08-09T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:27Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.16.0-1
0.16.4-2
0.17.1+dfsg-1
0.17.2-1
0.17.2-2
0.17.2-3
0.17.4-1
0.17.4-2
0.17.5-1
0.17.5+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "salt-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "salt-master"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "salt-minion"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "salt-ssh"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "salt-syndic"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}