5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-17490
SaltStack Salt TLS Certificate Weak Permission
Description

The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 6, 2020, 8:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-17490 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Saltstack salt

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-17490 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-17490 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html#latest-branch-release No Types Assigned https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html#latest-branch-release Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/ No Types Assigned https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-732
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2015.8.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2015.8.11 up to (excluding) 2015.8.13 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.0 up to (excluding) 2016.3.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.5 up to (excluding) 2016.3.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.7 up to (excluding) 2016.3.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.0 up to (excluding) 2016.11.3 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.4 up to (excluding) 2016.11.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.7 up to (excluding) 2016.11.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2017.5.0 up to (excluding) 2017.7.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2017.7.5 up to (excluding) 2017.7.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.2.0 up to (excluding) 2018.3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2019.2.0 up to (excluding) 2019.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3000.0 up to (excluding) 3000.3 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:3001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.14571

percentile

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