CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-6941

CRITICALEPSS 80th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

Description

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

How to fix

Remediation Available

saltUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-apiUbuntu

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-cloudUbuntu

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-masterUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-minionUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-proxyUbuntu

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-sshUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

salt-syndicUbuntu

Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

80thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 80% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory2

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