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CVE-2016-1866 Salt Improper Access Control

HighCVSS 8.1 EPSS 1.5%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi salt(PyPI) >= 2015.8.0rc1, < 2015.8.4 2015.8.4
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.0 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.0rc1 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.0rc2 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.0rc3 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.0rc4 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.0rc5 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.1 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.2 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) = 2015.8.3 No fix listed
pypi salt(PyPI) >= 2015.8, < 2015.8.4 2015.8.4
saltstack salt = 2015.8.0 No fix listed
saltstack salt = 2015.8.1 No fix listed
saltstack salt = 2015.8.2 No fix listed
saltstack salt = 2015.8.3 No fix listed
openSUSE leap = 42.1 No fix listed

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