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SUSE: 2021:3550-1 Moderate: Salt Malicious Code Prevention

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2021
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Addresses a significant concern in SUSE Salt. Confirm that your systems remain safeguarded by adhering to the most recent update guidelines and information.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update fixes the following issues: salt: - Fix the regression of docker_container state module - Support querying for JSON data in external sql pillar - Exclude the full path of a download URL to prevent injection of malicious code (bsc#1190265) (CVE-2021-21996) - Fix wrong relative paths resolution with Jinja renderer when importing subdirectories Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security 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 Tools 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2021-3550=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Adv-Systems-Management-12-2021-3550=1 Package List:

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References

#1190265

Cross- CVE-2021-21996

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-21996 (SUSE): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Tools 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21996.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190265

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3550-1
Rating: moderate

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