UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12791

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12791

    Published: 23 Aug 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12791
    Aliases:
    USN-4769-1

    Summary:

    Details: Directory 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12791, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/6366e05d0d70bd709cc4233c3faf32a759d0173a, https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12791, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4769-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.16.0-1
    0.16.4-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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