UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8109
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8109
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8109.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8109
- Upstream
- Withdrawn
- 2025-07-18T16:43:58Z
- Published
- 2017-04-25T17:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T08:21:43.009699Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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).
- References
-
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8109
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/8492cef7a5c8871a3978ffc2f6e48b3b960e0151
- 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/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8109
Affected packages
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / salt
Package
- Name
- salt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2017.7.4+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=bionic
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed2017.7.4+dfsg1-1
Affected versions
2016.*
2016.11.5+ds-1
2016.11.8+dfsg1-1
2017.*
2017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
2017.7.3+dfsg1-1
Ecosystem specific
{
"availability": "No subscription required",
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"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1",
"binary_name": "salt-api"
},
{
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1",
"binary_name": "salt-cloud"
},
{
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1",
"binary_name": "salt-common"
},
{
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1",
"binary_name": "salt-doc"
},
{
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1",
"binary_name": "salt-master"
},
{
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1",
"binary_name": "salt-minion"
},
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"binary_name": "salt-proxy"
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"binary_name": "salt-ssh"
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