CVE-2017-14696

7.5 HIGH

Published: October 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html