Improper Input Validation Affecting salt package, versions <2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
Threat Intelligence
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- published24 Oct 2017
- disclosed24 Oct 2017
Introduced: 24 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-14696 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 salt to version 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14696
- 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