CVE-2017-5200 Affecting salt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-SALT-292636
  • published26 Sept 2017
  • disclosed26 Sept 2017

Introduced: 26 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-5200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 salt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.