CVE-2014-3563 SaltStack Salt Insecure Temporary File Creation
Local attackers can exploit insecure temporary file creation in SaltStack components to potentially escalate privileges or modify data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3563?
CVE-2014-3563 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, published on 22 Aug 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3563?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
salt PyPI | All versions | 2014.1.10 |
salt PyPI | All versions | 2014.1.10 |
salt PyPI | All versions | 2014.1.10 |
Products include Saltstack Salt.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3563?
Upgrade salt to 2014.1.10 or later.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2014-3563 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3563 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Saltstack Salt
- CVE-2013-4437 SaltStack insecurely uses /tmp
- CVE-2013-6617 SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2021-33226 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2021-25315 salt-api unauthenticated remote code execution
- CVE-2018-15751 SaltStack Salt Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mfr3-9cj8-h2qm, PYSEC-2014-18, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3563.