CVE-2015-1839
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
modules/chef.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
53%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| saltstack | salt | {"endIncluding":"2014.7.3"} | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1839
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/22d2f7a1ec93300c34e8c42d14ec39d51e610b5c
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/b49d0d4b5ca5c6f31f03e2caf97cef1088eeed81
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212788
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.4.html
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-30.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175568.html
CWEs
CWE-19
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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