CVE-2023-20897

2023-09-0510:56:33

vmware

www.cve.org

salt

master

vulnerability

dos

3005.2

3006.2

5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.1%

JSON

Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.

CNA Affected

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    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "Salt",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
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      }
    ]
  }
]