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FreeBSD: VID-3531141D-A708-477C-954A-2A0549E49CA9 (CVE-2017-12791): salt -- Maliciously crafted minion IDs can cause unwanted directory traversals on the Salt-master

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FreeBSD: VID-3531141D-A708-477C-954A-2A0549E49CA9 (CVE-2017-12791): salt -- Maliciously crafted minion IDs can cause unwanted directory traversals on the Salt-master

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/16/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/23/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py27-salt
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py32-salt
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py33-salt
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py34-salt
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py35-salt
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-py36-salt

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