UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28972

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28972

    Published: 27 Feb 2021Last Modified: 8 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-28972
    Aliases:
    USN-6948-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28972, https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28972, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6948-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.16.0-1
    0.16.4-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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