# Security update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0510-1  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1193948
  * bsc#1211649
  * bsc#1215963
  * bsc#1216284
  * bsc#1219430
  * bsc#1219431
  * jsc#MSQA-719

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2024-22231
  * CVE-2024-22232

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2024-22231 ( SUSE ):  5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  * CVE-2024-22232 ( SUSE ):  7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

  
Affected Products:

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * Server Applications Module 15-SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  * Transactional Server Module 15-SP5

  
  
An update that solves two vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has four
security fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  * CVE-2024-22231: Prevent directory traversal when creating syndic cache
    directory on the master (bsc#1219430)
  * CVE-2024-22232: Prevent directory traversal attacks in the master's
    serve_file method (bsc#1219431)

Bugs fixed:

  * Ensure that pillar refresh loads beacons from pillar without restart
  * Fix the aptpkg.py unit test failure
  * Prefer unittest.mock to python-mock in test suite
  * Enable "KeepAlive" probes for Salt SSH executions (bsc#1211649)
  * Revert changes to set Salt configured user early in the stack (bsc#1216284)
  * Align behavior of some modules when using salt-call via symlink
    (bsc#1215963)
  * Fix gitfs " **env** " and improve cache cleaning (bsc#1193948)
  * Remove python-boto dependency for the python3-salt-testsuite package for
    Tumbleweed

## 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 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-510=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-510=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-510=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-510=1

  * Server Applications Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2024-510=1

  * Transactional Server Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP5-2024-510=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * salt-ssh-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-cloud-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * python3-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-doc-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * python3-salt-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-proxy-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-syndic-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-master-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-minion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-api-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    * salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * salt-minion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * python3-salt-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * salt-minion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-doc-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * python3-salt-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    * salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
  * Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * salt-ssh-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-cloud-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-proxy-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-syndic-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-master-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-api-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
    * salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
  * Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    * salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150500.4.29.1
  * Transactional Server Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150500.4.29.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-22231.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-22232.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193948
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211649
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215963
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216284
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219430
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219431
  * https://jira.suse.com/login.jsp