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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"cna_assigner": "vmware",
"unresolved_ranges": [
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"extracted_events": [
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"introduced": "Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2"
},
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"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
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}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3005.2"
},
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"introduced": "3006.0"
},
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"fixed": "3006.2"
}
],
"source": "CPE_RANGE"
}