CVE-2017-12791

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12791
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-23 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 16:43:00 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Saltstack Salt 2017.7.0 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2017.7.0 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Salt 2017.7.1 Release Notes CONFIRM docs.saltstack.com Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
1482006 – (CVE-2017-12791) CVE-2017-12791 salt: Directory traversal vulnerability on salt-master via crafted minion IDs MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[2016.11] Add clean_id function to salt.utils.verify.py by Ch3LL · Pull Request #42944 · saltstack/salt · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Salt 2016.11.7 Release Notes CONFIRM docs.saltstack.com Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
#872399 - salt: CVE-2017-12791: Directory traversal vulnerability on salt-master via crafted minion IDs - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
SaltStack Salt CVE-2017-12791 Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690270 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for salt (3531141d-a708-477c-954a-2a0549e49ca9)

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