Upstream information

CVE-2013-6617 at MITRE

Description

The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 10
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 849184 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Nov 5 21:15:29 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 1 12:21:43 2025