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CVE-2020-8028

salt-api is accessible to every user on SUSE Manager Server

Published: Sep 17, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-284
9.3CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A Improper Access Control vulnerability in the configuration of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SUSE Manager Server 4.1, SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0, SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0, SUSE Manager Server 3.2, SUSE Manager Server 4.0 allows local users to escalate to root on every system managed by SUSE manager. On the managing node itself code can be executed as user salt, potentially allowing for escalation to root there. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SUSE Manager Server 4.1 google-gson versions prior to 2.8.5-3.4.3, httpcomponents-client-4.5.6-3.4.2, httpcomponents-. SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 release-notes-susemanager-proxy versions prior to 4.0.9-0.16.38.1. SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 release-notes-susemanager-proxy versions prior to 4.0.9-0.16.38.1. SUSE Manager Server 3.2 salt-netapi-client versions prior to 0.16.0-4.14.1, spacewalk-. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 release-notes-susemanager versions prior to 4.0.9-3.54.1.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected Products

SUSE
commercial·DE
salt-netapi-clientOn-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SUSE Manager Server 4.1On-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
SUSE Manager Server 3.2On-premWeb App
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
SUSE Manager Server 4.0On-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175884
bugzilla.suse.com
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