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CVE-2015-6941 Detail

Current Description

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/09/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710 Patch Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Exposure Through Debug Log Files (CWE-534)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-6941
NVD Published Date:
08/09/2017
NVD Last Modified:
08/21/2017