vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-28243: Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 27, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 27, 2021
Added
Apr 1, 2021
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-salt
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