Security update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3866-1
Rating: moderate
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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:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-3866=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2023-3866=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-3866=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-syndic-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-doc-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-proxy-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-minion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-api-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-master-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-cloud-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-ssh-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150100.107.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • python3-salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-syndic-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-doc-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-proxy-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-minion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-api-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-master-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-cloud-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-ssh-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150100.107.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (noarch)
    • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64)
    • python3-salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-syndic-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-doc-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-proxy-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-minion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-api-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-master-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-cloud-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-ssh-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150100.107.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (noarch)
    • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • python3-salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-syndic-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-doc-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-proxy-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-minion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-api-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-master-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-cloud-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-ssh-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150100.107.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1
    • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150100.107.1

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