Security update for salt

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:
Salt was updated to version 2016.11.10 and contains the following fixes:
Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2018-15750: Fixed directory traversal vulnerability in salt-api (bsc#1113698).
• CVE-2018-15751: Fixed remote authentication bypass in salt-api(netapi) that allows to execute arbitrary commands (bsc#1113699).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security 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 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS:
  zypper in -t patch slesctsp4-salt-13870=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS:
  zypper in -t patch slesctsp3-salt-13870=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • salt-2016.11.10-43.38.1
  • salt-doc-2016.11.10-43.38.1
  • salt-minion-2016.11.10-43.38.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • salt-2016.11.10-43.38.1
  • salt-doc-2016.11.10-43.38.1
  • salt-minion-2016.11.10-43.38.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15750.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15751.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113698
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113699