SaltStack Salt prior 2016.3.6 Impersonation cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SaltStack Salt. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue (Impersonation). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7893. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SaltStack Salt. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability (Impersonation). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

In SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.6, compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master.

The bug was discovered 03/22/2017. The weakness was published 04/23/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at docs.saltstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7893 since 04/17/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 397 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2016.3.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Impersonation
Class: Cryptographic issue / Impersonation
CWE: CWE-310
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: SaltStack Salt 2016.3.6

Timelineinfo

03/22/2017 🔍
04/17/2017 +26 days 🔍
04/23/2018 +370 days 🔍
04/23/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/30/2020 +646 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: docs.saltstack.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-7893 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7893
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116970

Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2018 08:59
Updated: 01/30/2020 16:05
Changes: 04/24/2018 08:59 (57), 01/30/2020 16:05 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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