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CVE-2020-28972 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2020-28972

CVE-2020-28972

MEDIUM5.9

In SaltStack Salt before 3002

Published Feb 27, 2021

Modified 1 years ago

Details

In 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.

References

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/

WEB

https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/

ADVISORY

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01

ADVISORY

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28972

ADVISORY

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedFeb 27, 2021

ModifiedAug 4, 2024