SaltStack Salt arbitrary command execution in Salt-api via ssh_client

Description

References

• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5200 · ADVISORY
• docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html · WEB
• docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html · WEB
• docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html · WEB
• pypa/advisory-database · WEB
• saltstack/salt · PACKAGE
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-8r7r-x48r-pf8f · ADVISORY

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