CVE-2016-1866 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1