🛡️ CVE-2015-1838 — salt

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Salt improper handling of tmp files

modules/serverdensity_device.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Affected software

CVE-2015-1838 is recorded against 1 package.

  • salt (fixed in 2014.7.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 1 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
docs.saltstack.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-01
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
salt — 2014.7.4

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