Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025
CVE-2023-20897
CVE-2023-20897
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
saltPyPI | < 3005.2 | 3005.2 |
saltPyPI | >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.2 | 3006.2 |
Affected products
51- Salt/Salt mastersdescription
- ghsa-coords50 versionspkg:pypi/saltpkg:rpm/opensuse/salt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/salt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/release-notes-susemanager&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/release-notes-susemanager-proxy&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/saltbundle-libsodium&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-cffi&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-core&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-cryptography&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-cryptography-vectors&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-cython&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-kiwi&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-lxml&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-pycparser&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-pytz&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-pyxattr&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-pyzmq&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundlepy-rpm-macros&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/saltbundle-zeromq&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Updatepkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Transactional%20Server%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Transactional%20Server%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/venv-salt-minion&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Client%20Tools%2012pkg:rpm/suse/venv-salt-minion&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Client%20Tools%2015pkg:rpm/suse/venv-salt-minion&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Client%20Tools%20for%20RHEL,%20Liberty%20and%20Clones%209-CLIENT-TOOLSpkg:rpm/suse/venv-salt-minion&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Client%20Tools%20for%20SLE%20Micro%205pkg:rpm/suse/venv-salt-minion&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%20Module%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/venv-salt-minion&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%20Module%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/venv-salt-minion&distro=SUSE:EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update
< 3005.2+ 49 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3005.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150400.8.44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150500.4.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.8-150400.3.77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.8-150400.3.61.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.18-1.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.15.1-1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.10-1.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.2-1.9.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.2-1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.29.32-1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.10.10-1.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.24.43-1.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-1.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.17-1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2022.1-1.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.7.2-1.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 24.0.1-1.9.2
- (no CPE)range: < 20211001.fc6c04e-1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.3-1.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150100.107.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150200.108.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150400.8.44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150400.8.44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150400.8.44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150500.4.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150400.8.44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150500.4.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150400.8.44.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150500.4.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150100.107.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150200.108.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150100.107.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150200.108.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150300.53.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-3.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150000.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-1.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150000.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150000.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-150000.3.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3006.0-1.24.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vpjg-wmf8-29h9ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20897ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2023-166.yamlghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOLghsaWEB
- saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisoryghsaWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/mitre
- saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/mitre
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