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CVE-2023-20897

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Date: September 5, 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.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20897
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2023-166.yaml
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/
https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory
https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-20897

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CWE-404

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

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