Security update for SUSE Manager Client Tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3880-1
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
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for Debian 10

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains two features and has six security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • Security issues fixed:
  • CVE-2023-20897: Do not fail on bad message pack message (bsc#1213441)
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Create minion_id with reproducible mtime
  • 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)

scap-security-guide:

  • Updated to 0.1.69 (jsc#ECO-3319)
  • Introduce a JSON build manifest (#10761)
  • Introduce a script to compare ComplianceAsCode versions (#10768)
  • Introduce CCN profiles for RHEL9 (#10860)
  • Map rules to components (#10609)
  • products/anolis23: supports Anolis OS 23 (#10548)
  • Render components to HTML (#10709)
  • Store rendered control files (#10656)
  • Test and use rules to components mapping (#10693)
  • Use distributed product properties (#10554)
  • Revert patch that breaks the SLE hardening (bsc#1213691)
  • Updated to 0.1.68 (jsc#ECO-3319)
  • Bump OL8 STIG version to V1R6
  • Introduce a Product class, make the project work with it
  • Introduce Fedora and Firefox CaC profiles for common workstation users
  • OL7 DISA STIG v2r11 update
  • Publish rendered policy artifacts
  • Update ANSSI BP-028 to version 2.0
  • Updated to 0.1.67 (jsc#ECO-3319)
  • Add utils/controlrefcheck.py
  • RHEL 9 STIG Update Q1 2023
  • Include warning for NetworkManager keyfiles in RHEL9
  • OL7 stig v2r10 update
  • Bump version of OL8 STIG to V1R5
  • Various enhancements to SLE profiles

spacecmd:

  • Version 4.3.23-1
  • Update translation strings

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 Debian 10
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Debian-10-CLIENT-TOOLS-x86_64-2023-3880=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Manager Client Tools for Debian 10 (all)
    • salt-minion-3006.0+ds-1+2.88.1
    • salt-common-3006.0+ds-1+2.88.1
    • spacecmd-4.3.23-2.54.1
    • scap-security-guide-debian-0.1.69-2.35.1

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