SB2017041320 - Data Handling in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: April 13, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017041320
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1839)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
modules/chef.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175568.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212788
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.4.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/22d2f7a1ec93300c34e8c42d14ec39d51e610b5c
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/b49d0d4b5ca5c6f31f03e2caf97cef1088eeed81