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[USN-8153-1] Salt vulnerabilities

Posted on 07 April 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8153-1
April 07, 2026

salt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Salt.

Software Description:
- salt: Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus

Details:

Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache
data. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2015-8034)
Dylan Frese discovered that Salt incorrectly allowed users to specify PAM
service. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.
(CVE-2016-3176)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
salt-common 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
salt-master 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
salt-minion 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8153-1
CVE-2015-8034, CVE-2016-3176

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