SB2017082510 - Improper Certificate Validation in SaltStack Salt
Published: August 25, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017082510
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4017)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.