High severity · published Oct 24, 2017
CVE-2017-14696
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
7.5
CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Salt · Saltstack
through 2016.3.7; 2016.11; 2016.11.0; 2016.11.1; 2016.11.1; 2016.11.1; +9 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14696
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14696
Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html
Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742
Issue Tracking
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html
Issue Tracking
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html
Issue Tracking
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html
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