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openSUSE: 2023:4386-1 important: salt arbitrary code execution threat

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2023
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial security patch released for openSUSE addressing flaws in Salt. Check out the newest setup instructions today!
This update for salt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed:

Description

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2023-34049: arbitrary code execution via symlink attack (bsc#1215157)

Bugs fixed:

* Fix optimization_order opt to prevent testsuite fails

* Improve salt.utils.json.find_json to avoid fails (bsc#1213293)

* Use salt-call from salt bundle with transactional_update

* Only call native_str on curl_debug message in tornado when needed

* Implement the calling for batch async from the salt CLI

* Fix calculation of SLS context vars when trailing dots on targetted

sls/state (bsc#1213518)

* Rename salt-tests to python3-salt-testsuite

* Allow all primitive grain types for autosign_grains (bsc#1214477)

## Special Instructions and Notes:

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Patch

## 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 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4386=1 SUSE-2023-4386=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2023-4386=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4386=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2023-4386=1

* Transactional Server Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP5-2023-4386=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* salt-proxy-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-cloud-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-master-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-api-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-minion-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-syndic-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* python3-salt-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-doc-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* python3-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-ssh-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* salt-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-minion-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* python3-salt-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* salt-doc-3006.0-150500.4.24.2

*...

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References

* bsc#1213293

* bsc#1213518

* bsc#1214477

* bsc#1215157

* jsc#MSQA-706

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34049.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213293

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213518

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214477

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215157

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4386-1
Rating: important

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