Security update for Salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:3380-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-14695 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-14695 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-14696 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-14696 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 3
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has seven security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes one security issue and bugs.

The following security issues have been fixed:

  • CVE-2017-14695: A directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation allowed remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. (bsc#1062462)
  • CVE-2017-14696: It was possible to force a remote Denial of Service with a specially crafted authentication request. (bsc#1062464)

Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed:

  • Removed deprecation warning for beacon configuration using dictionaries. (bsc#1041993)
  • Fixed beacons failure when pillar-based suppressing config-based. (bsc#1060230)
  • Fixed minion resource exhaustion when many functions are being executed in parallel. (bsc#1059758)
  • Remove 'TasksTask' attribute from salt-master.service in older versions of systemd. (bsc#985112)
  • Fix for delete_deployment in Kubernetes module. (bsc#1059291)
  • Catching error when PIDfile cannot be deleted. (bsc#1050003)
  • Use $HOME to get the user home directory instead using '~' char. (bsc#1042749)

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:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2017-2111=1
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Adv-Systems-Management-12-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-3-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    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 Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    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 Manager Proxy 3.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-3.0-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-3.1-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Server-3.0-2017-2111=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Server-3.1-2017-2111=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-doc-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-ssh-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-cloud-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-doc-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-proxy-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-api-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-syndic-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • Advanced Systems Management Module 12 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 3 (x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • salt-api-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0 (x86_64)
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-ssh-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-proxy-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-doc-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-api-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-syndic-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.0 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 3.1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0 (s390x x86_64)
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-ssh-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-proxy-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-doc-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-api-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-syndic-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.0 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-ssh-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-cloud-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-doc-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-proxy-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-api-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-syndic-2016.11.4-46.10.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 3.1 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-2016.11.4-46.10.1

References: