vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2023-20897: Salt: Multiple Vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 5, 2023 | Dec 9, 2024 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 5, 2023
Added
Dec 9, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-salt
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