modules/chef.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-1839 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect versions of salt as shipped with Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage as they did not include the vulnerable module.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2 | salt | Not affected |
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