Security update for SUSE Manager Salt Bundle

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3877-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
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:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 15
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 Module 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3 Module 4.3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has 10 security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

venv-salt-minion:

  • Security issues fixed:
  • CVE-2023-20897: Do not fail on bad message pack message (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:
  • Revert usage of long running REQ channel to prevent possible missing responses on requests and duplicated responses (bsc#1213960, bsc#1213630, bsc#1213257)
  • Create minion_id with reproducible mtime
  • Do not recompile SELinux policy module on building. Use precompiled module instead to avoid incompatibility errors.
  • 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)
  • Ship SELinux policy module version 19 to make it compatible with broader list of Linux distributions

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 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-15-2023-3877=1
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-For-Micro-5-2023-3877=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 Module 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-2023-3877=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3 Module 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-2023-3877=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-150000.3.42.1
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-150000.3.42.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 Module 4.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-150000.3.42.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3 Module 4.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-150000.3.42.1

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