CVE-2013-6617

Description

The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.705

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4435,CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-4439,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.15.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4435,CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-4439,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.15.1	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4435,CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-4439,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.16.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4435,CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-4439,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.16.2	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4435,CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-4439,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.16.3	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4435,CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-4439,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.16.4	Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in VMware SALT 0.17.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.11.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.12.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.13.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4438,CVE-2013-6617 are affected in VMware SALT 0.14.0	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-salt 0.17.1	Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Python-salt for linux 0.17.1	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234