Improper Input Validation Affecting salt package, versions <2016.11.8+dfsg1-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.38% (92nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-292608
- published 24 Oct 2017
- disclosed 24 Oct 2017
Introduced: 24 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-14696 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 salt to version 2016.11.8+dfsg1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14696
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14696