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.

References

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-12

Updated: 2018-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High