CVE-2017-5200

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-01-20
Bugzilla:
1418347: CVE-2017-5200 salt: Salt-api allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5200 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of the salt as shipped with Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3, Red Hat Ceph Storage 2, and Red Hat Storage Console 2 as salt-api and salt-ssh are not shipped with these products.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Storage Console 2 salt Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 salt Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 salt Not affected

Mitigation

Disable salt-api for mitigation.

Last Modified

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