CVE-2017-14696 — Improper Input Validation in Salt

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Saltstack Salt
Timeline
PublishedOct 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶PyPIsaltstack/salt2016.11.0 — 2016.11.8+5
▶NVDsaltstack/salt2016.3.7+11

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
SaltStack Salt Denial of Service via a crafted authentication request↗2022-05-17
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OSV
SaltStack Salt Denial of Service via a crafted authentication request↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-14696: SaltStack Salt before 2016↗2017-10-24
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CVEList
CVE-2017-14696: SaltStack Salt before 2016↗2017-10-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Salt vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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Red Hat
salt: Remote DoS via crafted authentication request↗2017-09-26
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14696 salt: Remote DoS via crafted authentication request↗2017-10-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14695 CVE-2017-14696 salt: various flaws [epel-all]↗2017-10-11
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