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openSUSE 15.X: 2023:4388-1 Critical: Salt Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2023
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This enhancement for salt addresses crucial problems, applying security patches and boosting efficiency throughout the openSUSE platforms.
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 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4388=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-4388=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-4388=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4388=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4388=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4388=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4388=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4388=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4388=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2023-4388=1

* Basesystem...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* python2-simplejson-debuginfo-3.17.2-150300.3.4.1

* python3-simplejson-3.17.2-150300.3.4.1

* salt-proxy-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-minion-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-ssh-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* python-simplejson-debugsource-3.17.2-150300.3.4.1

* salt-doc-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* python-simplejson-debuginfo-3.17.2-150300.3.4.1

* salt-master-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-api-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-syndic-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* python2-simplejson-3.17.2-150300.3.4.1

* python3-salt-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* python3-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-cloud-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* python3-simplejson-debuginfo-3.17.2-150300.3.4.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)

* salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150300.53.65.2

* openSUSE...

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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-2023:4388-1
Rating: important

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