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CVE-2017-14696: SaltStack Salt Denial of Service via a crafted authentication request

May 17, 2022 (updated October 22, 2024)

SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication request.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-37.yaml
  • github.com/saltstack/salt
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14696

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Affected versions

All versions before 2016.3.8, all versions starting from 2016.11.0 before 2016.11.8, all versions starting from 2017.7.0 before 2017.7.2

Fixed versions

  • 2016.3.8
  • 2016.11.8
  • 2017.7.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2016.11.8, 2016.3.8, 2017.7.2 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

pypi/salt/CVE-2017-14696.yml

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