CVE-2023-20897

2023-09-0511:15:32

CWE-404

vmware

web.nvd.nist.gov

324

cve-2023-20897

salt masters

dos

minion return

nvd

CVSS3

5.3

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

AI Score

5.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.1%

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

saltstacksaltRange<3005.2

saltstacksaltRange3006.0–3006.2

VendorProductVersionCPE
saltstacksalt*cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
saltstack	salt	*	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "Salt",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2"
      }
    ]
  }
]