Security update for SUSE Manager Salt Bundle

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4757-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-34049 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for RHEL, Liberty and Clones 9

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

venv-salt-minion:

  • Security fixes:
    • CVE-2023-34049: Arbitrary code execution via symlink attack (bsc#1215157)
  • Non security fixes:
    • Add python dateutil module to the bundle
    • Allow all primitive grain types for autosign_grains (bsc#1214477)
    • Remove non-free RNG schema file (bsc#1213351)

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 RHEL, Liberty and Clones 9
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-EL-9-CLIENT-TOOLS-2023-4757=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for RHEL, Liberty and Clones 9 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-1.30.3

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