Security update for Salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2102-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-31607 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-31607 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12

An update that solves one vulnerability and has five security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • Parsing Epoch out of version provided during pkg remove (bsc#1173692)
  • Fix issue parsing errors in ansiblegate state module
  • Prevent command injection in the snapper module (bsc#1185281) (CVE-2021-31607)
  • Transactional_update: detect recursion in the executor
  • Add subpackage salt-transactional-update
  • Remove duplicate directories from specfile
  • Improvements on "ansiblegate" module (bsc#1185092):
  • New methods: ansible.targets / ansible.discover_playbooks
  • General bugfixes
  • Add support for Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 (Aliyun Linux)
  • Regression fix of salt-ssh on processing targets
  • Update target fix for salt-ssh and avoiding race condition on salt-ssh event processing (bsc#1179831, bsc#1182281)
  • Add notify beacon for Debian/Ubuntu systems
  • Fix zmq bug that causes salt-call to freeze (bsc#1181368)

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 Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2021-2102=1
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Adv-Systems-Management-12-2021-2102=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-3000-46.142.2
    • python2-salt-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-minion-3000-46.142.2
    • python3-salt-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-doc-3000-46.142.2
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-master-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-3000-46.142.2
    • python2-salt-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-proxy-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-api-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-ssh-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-syndic-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-minion-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-doc-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-cloud-3000-46.142.2
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12 (noarch)
    • salt-zsh-completion-3000-46.142.2
    • salt-bash-completion-3000-46.142.2

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