Improper Input Validation Affecting salt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.05% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SALT-4407905
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed26 Sept 2017

Introduced: 26 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14696  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 salt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.