PT-2017-12693 · Saltstack+3 · Saltstack Salt+3

Ch3Ll · Published 2017-04-07 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2017-12791

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SaltStack Salt versions prior to 2016.11.7 SaltStack Salt versions 2017.7.x prior to 2017.7.1

Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the minion id validation of SaltStack Salt. This issue allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.

Recommendations For SaltStack Salt versions prior to 2016.11.7, update to version 2016.11.7 or later. For SaltStack Salt versions 2017.7.x prior to 2017.7.1, update to version 2017.7.1 or later.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1436

ALT-PU-2017-2071

CVE-2017-12791

GHSA-XXVJ-8G5M-4QGW

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11364-1

PYSEC-2017-151

PYSEC-2017-35

SUSE-SU-2017:2666-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2674-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2676-1

SUSE-SU-2017_2666-1

SUSE-SU-2017_2676-1

USN-4769-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Saltstack Salt

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 39

• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12791 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12791 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:2676-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12791 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15750 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15751 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12791 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-35 · Vendor Advisory