Security update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1951-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-31607 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-31607 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2
  • Transactional Server Module 15-SP3

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains three features and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Check if dpkgnotify is executable (bsc#1186674)
  • Update to Salt release version 3002.2 (jsc#ECO-3212, jsc#SLE-18033, jsc#SLE-18028)
  • Drop support for Python2. Obsoletes python2-salt package (jsc#SLE-18028)
  • Fix issue parsing errors in ansiblegate state module
  • Prevent command injection in the snapper module (bsc#1185281, CVE-2021-31607)
  • transactional_update: detect recursion in the executor
  • Add subpackage salt-transactional-update (jsc#SLE-18033)
  • Remove duplicate directories

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2021-1951=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1951=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP3-2021-1951=1
  • Transactional Server Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP3-2021-1951=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • salt-ssh-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-transactional-update-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-master-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-minion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • python3-salt-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-cloud-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-doc-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-proxy-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-syndic-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-api-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3002.2-8.41.8.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-fish-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-doc-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-minion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • python3-salt-3002.2-8.41.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-ssh-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-master-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-cloud-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-proxy-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-syndic-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-api-3002.2-8.41.8.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3002.2-8.41.8.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • salt-fish-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1
  • Transactional Server Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-transactional-update-3002.2-8.41.8.1

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