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Salt 2016.3.8 Release Notes
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Version 2016.3.8 is a bugfix release for :ref:`2016.3.0 <release-2016-3-0>`.


Security Fix
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**CVE-2017-14695** Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in
SaltStack. Allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to
a master via a crafted minion ID. Credit for discovering the security flaw goes
to: Julian Brost (julian@0x4a42.net)

**CVE-2017-14696** Remote Denial of Service with a specially crafted
authentication request. Credit for discovering the security flaw goes to:
Julian Brost (julian@0x4a42.net)


Changelog for v2016.3.7..v2016.3.8
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*Generated at: 2018-05-27 14:11:36 UTC*

* 8cf08bd7be Update 2016.3.7 Release Notes

* 0425defe84 Do not allow IDs with null bytes in decoded payloads

* 31b38f50eb Don't allow path separators in minion ID