Salt prior 2014.7.6 Certificate Validation certificate validation

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.1$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Salt. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2015-4017. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Salt. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.

The bug was discovered 05/18/2015. The weakness was shared 08/25/2017 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-4017 since 05/18/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1587.003.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 830 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2014.7.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Name

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Salt 2014.7.6

Timelineinfo

05/18/2015 🔍
05/18/2015 +0 days 🔍
08/25/2017 +830 days 🔍
08/25/2017 +0 days 🔍
08/27/2017 +2 days 🔍
11/10/2019 +805 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-4017 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105744

Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2017 06:52
Updated: 11/10/2019 11:49
Changes: 08/27/2017 06:52 (52), 11/10/2019 11:49 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!