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.
Weakness
The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt | Saltstack | * | 2015.8.10 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2015.8.11 (including) | 2015.8.13 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.0 (including) | 2016.3.4 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.5 (including) | 2016.3.6 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.7 (including) | 2016.3.8 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.9 (including) | 2016.11.3 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.11.4 (including) | 2016.11.5 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.11.7 (including) | 2016.11.10 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2017.5.0 (including) | 2017.7.8 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2018.2.0 (including) | 2018.3.5 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2019.2.0 (including) | 2019.2.5 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2019.2.6 (including) | 2019.2.8 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 3000 (including) | 3000.6 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 3001 (including) | 3001.4 (excluding) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 3002 (including) | 3002.5 (excluding) |
| Salt | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011