CVE-2015-4017 Salt vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation
Salt fails to verify SSL certificates in specific modules, allowing man-in-the-middle attacks against connections to Aliyun, Proxmox, and Splunk.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-4017?
CVE-2015-4017 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, published on 25 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4017?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
salt PyPI | All versions | 2014.7.6 |
salt PyPI | All versions | 2014.7.6 |
salt PyPI | All versions | 2014.7.6 |
Products include Saltstack Salt.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4017?
Upgrade salt to 2014.7.6 or later.
Is CVE-2015-4017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2013-6617 SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2021-33226 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2021-25315 salt-api unauthenticated remote code execution
- CVE-2018-15751 SaltStack Salt Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4, PYSEC-2017-31.