UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14696

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14696

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14696
    Aliases:
    USN-4769-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14696, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-14696, https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14696, 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