CVE-2017-14696

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14696
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-24 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionSaltStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.0 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.1 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.1 rc1 All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.1 rc2 All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.2 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.3 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.4 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.5 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.6 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2016.11.7 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2017.7.0 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2017.7.0 rc1 All All
Application Saltstack Salt 2017.7.1 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Salt 2016.3.8 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.saltstack.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Do not allow IDs with null bytes in decoded payloads · saltstack/salt@5f8b5e1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:2824-1: moderate: Security update for salt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:2822-1: moderate: Security update for salt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Salt 2017.7.2 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.saltstack.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
1500742 – (CVE-2017-14696) CVE-2017-14696 salt: Remote DoS via crafted authentication request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Salt 2016.11.8 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.saltstack.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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