CVE-2020-28972 (GCVE-0-2020-28972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/act… | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021… | mailing-list |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 | vendor-advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 | vendor-advisory |
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"id": "CVE-2020-28972",
"initial_release_date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:known_affected": "2",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
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"product_status:known_not_affected": "236",
"product_status:recommended": "845",
"source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
"status": "interim",
"title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2020-28972",
"url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2020-28972.json",
"version": "25"
}
}
}
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