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    CVE-2023-20897

    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.

    Published:Sep 5, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 13, 2025
    EPS:Sep 5, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00114
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Saltstack
    Product
    Salt

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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