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SUSE: CVE-2016-1866: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-1866: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/12/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-python2-salt
  • suse-upgrade-python3-salt
  • suse-upgrade-salt
  • suse-upgrade-salt-api
  • suse-upgrade-salt-bash-completion
  • suse-upgrade-salt-cloud
  • suse-upgrade-salt-doc
  • suse-upgrade-salt-fish-completion
  • suse-upgrade-salt-master
  • suse-upgrade-salt-minion
  • suse-upgrade-salt-proxy
  • suse-upgrade-salt-ssh
  • suse-upgrade-salt-standalone-formulas-configuration
  • suse-upgrade-salt-syndic
  • suse-upgrade-salt-zsh-completion

References

  • SUSE-SU-2020:14402-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:14431-1
  • SUSE-SU-2021:0315-1
  • SUSE-SU-2021:0316-1
  • CVE-2016-1866

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