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Debian: CVE-2020-16846: salt -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-16846: salt -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/06/2020
Created
12/08/2020
Added
12/07/2020
Modified
04/07/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-salt

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