vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-28972: Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 27, 2021
Added
Apr 1, 2021
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-salt
Title
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