[USN-8153-1] Salt vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8153-1 April 07, 2026 salt vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Salt. Software Description: - salt: Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus Details: Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache data. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-8034) Dylan Frese discovered that Salt incorrectly allowed users to specify PAM service. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2016-3176) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS salt-common 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro salt-master 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro salt-minion 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8153-1 CVE-2015-8034, CVE-2016-3176