UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28243
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28243
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28243.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28243
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-02-27T05:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T08:25:23.902577Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / salt
Package
- Name
- salt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / salt
Package
- Name
- salt
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1
Affected versions
2016.*
2016.11.5+ds-1
2016.11.8+dfsg1-1
2017.*
2017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
2017.7.3+dfsg1-1
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.1
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
Ecosystem specific
{
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "salt-api",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-cloud",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-common",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-doc",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-master",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-minion",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-proxy",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-ssh",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "salt-syndic",
"binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
}
]
}