Bug 1273066 – CVE-2015-6941 salt: win_useradd module and salt-cloud display passwords in debug log

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Bug 1273066 - (CVE-2015-6941) CVE-2015-6941 salt: win_useradd module and salt-cloud display passwords in debug log

Summary:	CVE-2015-6941 salt: win_useradd module and salt-cloud display passwords in de...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2015-6941

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1273068 1273069 1273070 1273071
Blocks:	1273067
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Reported:	2015-10-19 09:56 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2015-11-20 04:08 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	salt-2015.5.6, salt-2015.8.1
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Last Closed:	2015-11-20 04:08:17 EST
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-10-19 09:56:09 EDT

A vulnerability in win_useradd, salt-cloud and Linode driver were found:

* win_useradd returned data including the password of the newly created user
* salt-cloud debug output contained win_password and sudo_password authentication credentials
* Linode driver displayed authentication credentials in debug logs

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710

External reference:

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-10-19 09:59:27 EDT

Created salt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1273068]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1273070]

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2015-10-19 09:59:31 EDT

Created salt-cloud tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1273069]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1273071]

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