7.5high

CVE-2017-14696

SaltStack Salt Denial of Service via a crafted authentication request

Also known as GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh, PYSEC-2017-37

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.7%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pypisalt
<2016.3.8
>=2016.11.0, <2016.11.8
>=2017.7.0, <2017.7.2
>=2016.11, <2016.11.8
>=2017.7, <2017.7.2
2016.3.8
2016.11.8
2017.7.2

Classification

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

References

  • docs.saltstack.com /en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • github.com /saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • docs.saltstack.com /en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • docs.saltstack.com /en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1500742 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14696 · advisory
  • github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-37.yaml · web
  • github.com /saltstack/salt · package
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh · advisory

Sources

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