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

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

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/27/2021
Created
04/01/2021
Added
04/01/2021
Modified
11/01/2023

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(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-salt

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