An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. A minion authentication denial of service can cause a MiTM attacker to force a minion process to stop by impersonating a master.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt | Saltstack | 3002 (including) | 3002.8 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 3003 (including) | 3003.4 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 3004 (including) | 3004.1 (excluding) |
| Salt | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2C
- https://repo.saltproject.io/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2C
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2C
- https://repo.saltproject.io/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2C
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22