Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-35662
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CVE-2020-35662
February 27, 2021
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated. After conducting further research, Mend has determined that versions v0.6.0--v3000.6, v3001rc1--v3001.4 and v3002rc1--v3002.2 of Salt are vulnerable to CVE-2020-35662.
Affected Packages
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.8.7 <2015.8.13
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2015.8.13
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3002 <3002.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3002.3
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3001 <3001.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3001.5
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3000 <3000.7
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3000.7
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2016.3.0 <2016.11.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.11.5
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2016.11.7 <2016.11.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.11.10
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2017.7.0rc1 <2017.7.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2017.7.8
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2019.2.0 <2019.2.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2019.2.8
Related Resources (21)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35662
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.7.rst#L18
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-75.yaml
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.3.rst#L18
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.5.rst#L18
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
5.8
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Certificate Validation
CWE-295
EPSS
Base Score:
0.64