Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38423

Improper Certificate Validation in Salt - CVE-2015-4017

Published: August 25, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38423

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4017

CWE-ID: CWE-295

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Salt

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