CVE-2016-1866

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductSalt
PublishedApr 12, 2016
First seenApr 12, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • salt2015.8.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
saltstack salt2015.8.0, 2015.8.1, 2015.8.2, 2015.8.3—
opensuse leap42.1—
saltPyPI2015.8.0rc1 ≤ v < 2015.8.4, 2015.8 ≤ v < 2015.8.42015.8.4

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