Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting salt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-SALT-5884381
  • published6 Sept 2023
  • disclosed5 Sept 2023

Introduced: 5 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-20897  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 salt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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