CVE-2013-4438 (GCVE-0-2013-4438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-11-05 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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