CVE-2013-4436

The default configuration for salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 does not validate the SSH host key of requests, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2013-11-05 10:55

Updated : 2013-11-07 11:40

NVD link : CVE-2013-4436

Mitre link : CVE-2013-4436

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Products Affected

saltstack

salt

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