UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3197

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3197

    Published: 27 Feb 2021Last Modified: 8 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3197
    Aliases:
    USN-6948-1

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3197, https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3197, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6948-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.16.0-1
    0.16.4-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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