CVE-2013-4438

Summary

Salt (aka SaltStack) before 0.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor states that this might not be a vulnerability because the YAML to be loaded has already been determined to be safe.

Impact & exploitability

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.htmlPatch
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3