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CVE-2013-4438 Details

Description

Salt (aka SaltStack) before 0.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor states that this might not be a vulnerability because the YAML to be loaded has already been determined to be safe.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3 CVE
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
saltstack salt
<= 0.17.0
0.6.0
0.7.0
0.8.0
0.8.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4438
NVD Published Date:
Nov 5, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2013-4438 Details - Not Deferred