CVE-2020-17490: The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions

Medium severity · published Nov 6, 2020

CVE-2020-17490

The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions

5.5

CVSS

0.4%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.

CVSS vector

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

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD

Salt · Saltstack

before 2015.8.10; 2015.8.11 before 2015.8.13; 2016.3.0 before 2016.3.4; 2016.3.5 before 2016.3.6; 2016.3.7 before 2016.3.8; 2016.11.0 before 2016.11.3; +8 more · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17490

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-17490

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html

Release Notes

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html#latest-branch-release

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837