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CVE-2017-14695

CRITICALEPSS 83th pctl
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available
saltUbuntu
Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-apiUbuntu
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-cloudUbuntu
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-commonUbuntu
Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-masterUbuntu
Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-minionUbuntu
Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-proxyUbuntu
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-sshUbuntu
Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1
salt-syndicUbuntu
Fixed in:0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-4769-1
Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-4769-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days
83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

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