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CVE-2023-20897
September 05, 2023
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.
Affected Packages
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.8.7 <3005.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3005.2
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3006.0rc1 <3006.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3006.2
Related Resources (7)
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2023-166.yaml
https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20897
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
CWE-404
EPSS
Base Score:
0.11