Security update for salt

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2023:3863-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1193948 bsc#1210994 bsc#1212794 bsc#1212844 bsc#1212855 bsc#1213257 bsc#1213441 bsc#1213630 bsc#1213960 bsc#1214796 bsc#1214797 bsc#1215489
Cross-References:	CVE-2023-20897 CVE-2023-20898
CVSS scores:	CVE-2023-20897 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2023-20897 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2023-20898 ( SUSE ): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2023-20898 ( NVD ): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP4 openSUSE Leap 15.4 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 Server Applications Module 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 Transactional Server Module 15-SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 10 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2023-20897: Fixed DOS in minion return. (bsc#1214796, bsc#1213441)
• CVE-2023-20898: Fixed Git Providers can read from the wrong environment because they get the same cache directory base name. (bsc#1214797, bsc#1193948)

Bugs fixed:

• Create minion_id with reproducible mtime
• Fix broken tests to make them running in the testsuite
• Fix detection of Salt codename by "salt_version" execution module
• Fix inconsistency in reported version by egg-info metadata (bsc#1215489)
• Fix regression: multiple values for keyword argument 'saltenv' (bsc#1212844)
• Fix the regression of user.present state when group is unset (bsc#1212855)
• Fix utf8 handling in 'pass' renderer and make it more robust
• Fix zypper repositories always being reconfigured
• Make sure configured user is properly set by Salt (bsc#1210994)
• Prevent possible exceptions on salt.utils.user.get_group_dict (bsc#1212794)
• Revert usage of long running REQ channel to prevent possible missing responses on requests and duplicated responses (bsc#1213960, bsc#1213630, bsc#1213257)

Special Instructions and Notes:

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• Transactional Server Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP4-2023-3863=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3863=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3863=1
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-3863=1
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-3863=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3863=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3863=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3863=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3863=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3863=1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3863=1

Package List:

• Transactional Server Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-tests-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.44.1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20897.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20898.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193948
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210994
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212794
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212844
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212855
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213257
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213441
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213630
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213960
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214796
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214797
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215489