An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs. File server replies can also be re-played. A sufficient craft attacker could gain root access on minion under certain scenarios.
Weakness
A capture-replay flaw exists when the design of the product makes it possible for a malicious user to sniff network traffic and bypass authentication by replaying it to the server in question to the same effect as the original message (or with minor changes).
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/102.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/509.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/555.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/561.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/60.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/644.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/645.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/652.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/701.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