Recommended update for Salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0625-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-17361 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-17361 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-18897 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-18897 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

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

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • RHEL/CentOS 8 uses platform-python instead of python3
  • New configuration option for selection of grains in the minion start event.
  • Fix 'os_family' grain for Astra Linux Common Edition
  • Fix for salt-api NET API where unauthenticated attacker could run arbitrary code (CVE-2019-17361) (bsc#1162504)
  • Adds disabled parameter to mod_repo in aptpkg module
  • Move token with atomic operation
  • Bad API token files get deleted (bsc#1160931)
  • Support for Btrfs and XFS in parted and mkfs added
  • Adds list_downloaded for apt Module to enable pre-downloading support
  • Adds virt.(pool|network)_get_xml functions
  • Virt: adding kernel boot parameters to libvirt xml
  • Fix to scheduler when data['run'] does not exist (bsc#1159118)
  • Fix virt states to not fail on VMs already stopped
  • Fix applying of attributes for returner rawfile_json (bsc#1158940)
  • Xfs: do not fail if type is not present (bsc#1153611)
  • Don't use __python indirection macros on spec file %__python is no longer defined in RPM 4.15 (python2 is going EOL in Jan 2020); additionally, python/python3 are just binaries in the path.
  • Fix errors when running virt.get_hypervisor function
  • Align virt.full_info fixes with upstream Salt
  • Fix for log checking in x509 test
  • Prevent test_mod_del_repo_multiline_values to fail
  • Read repo info without using interpolation (bsc#1135656)
  • Replacing pycrypto with M2Crypto as dependency for >= SLE15 (bsc#1165425)
  • Batch Async: Handle exceptions, properly unregister and close instances after running async batching to avoid CPU starvation of the MWorkers (bsc#1162327)
  • Avoid possible user escalation upgrading salt-master (bsc#1157465) (CVE-2019-18897)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-625=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-625=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-625=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-625=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-minion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-syndic-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-master-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-ssh-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-doc-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python2-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python3-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-cloud-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-api-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-proxy-2019.2.0-5.64.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-bash-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-fish-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-minion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-syndic-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-master-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-ssh-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-doc-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python2-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python3-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-cloud-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-api-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-proxy-2019.2.0-5.64.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-bash-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-fish-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-minion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-syndic-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-master-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-ssh-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-doc-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python2-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python3-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-cloud-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-api-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-proxy-2019.2.0-5.64.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-bash-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-fish-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-minion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-syndic-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-master-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-ssh-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-doc-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python2-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • python3-salt-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-cloud-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-api-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-proxy-2019.2.0-5.64.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-bash-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1
    • salt-fish-completion-2019.2.0-5.64.1

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