CVE-2020-28972

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-28972
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-27 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-21 18:21:00 UTC
DescriptionIn SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt All All All All
Application Saltstack Salt All All All All
Application Saltstack Salt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Active SaltStack CVE Release 2021-FEB-25 – Salt Project CONFIRM saltproject.io Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: salt-3001.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202103-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: salt-3002.5-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: salt-3002.5-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5011-1 salt DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: salt-3002.5-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: salt-3002.5-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: salt-3001.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Salt: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202310-22) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178891 Debian Security Update for salt (DLA 2815-1)
  • 178903 Debian Security Update for salt (DSA 5011-1)
  • 281580 Fedora Security Update for salt (FEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0c)
  • 281581 Fedora Security Update for salt (FEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6)
  • 281582 Fedora Security Update for salt (FEDORA-2021-43eb5584ad)
  • 375416 SaltStack Salt Master Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
  • 375417 SaltStack Salt Minion Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
  • 690206 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for salt (a1e03a3d-7be0-11eb-b392-20cf30e32f6d)
  • 710007 Gentoo Linux Salt Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202103-01)
  • 710782 Gentoo Linux Salt Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202310-22)
  • 750344 OpenSUSE Security Update for salt (openSUSE-SU-2021:0347-1)
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