CVE-2017-14696 (GCVE-0-2017-14696)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/relea… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/relea… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2017-10-21 00:00
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