Security update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0970-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-3176 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

salt was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2016-3176: Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service. Authenticating were able to specify the PAM service (bsc#972436).

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 Enterprise Storage 2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-2-2016-572=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 (noarch)
    • salt-master-2014.1.10-3.1
    • salt-2014.1.10-3.1
    • salt-minion-2014.1.10-3.1

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