CVE-2020-28972

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-28972
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-02-27T05:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-23T22:28:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-295 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2015.8.10
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2015.8.11 2015.8.13
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.0 2016.3.4
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.5 2016.3.6
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.7 2016.3.8
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.9 2016.11.3
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.11.4 2016.11.5
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.11.7 2016.11.10
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2017.5.0 2017.7.8
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2018.2.0 2018.3.5
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2019.2.0 2019.2.5
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2019.2.6 2019.2.8
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3000 3000.6
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3001 3001.4
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3002 3002.5
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28972
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28972
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:45:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 22:55:47 2021-02-27T05:15Z 2021-02-27T05:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 22:55:47 2021-11-23T22:28:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 22:55:47 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated