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PYSEC-2021-74

Quick fix

PYSEC-2021-74 — salt: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'salt>=2015.8.10'

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version of the package you're using.

Affected packages

PyPI/salt

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2015.8.10

Fixpip install --upgrade 'salt>=2015.8.10'

References

https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/[WEB]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/[WEB]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w589-r335-4f55[ADVISORY]