Security update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1392-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-11651 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-11651 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-11652 ( SUSE ): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-11652 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-11651: Fixed the improper validation of method calls in salt-master, that could have allowed unauthenticated remote users to run arbitrary commands on salt minions (bsc#1170595).
  • CVE-2020-11652: Fixed an improper path sanitation in salt-master, that could have allowed authenticated users to access arbitrary directories (bsc#1170595).

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 5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-1392=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • salt-2016.11.4-48.10.1
    • salt-master-2016.11.4-48.10.1
    • salt-minion-2016.11.4-48.10.1
    • salt-api-2016.11.4-48.10.1

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