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SUSE: 2021:3555-1 Moderate: Salt Injection Threat Update

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2021
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An Ubuntu Security Patch addressing significant vulnerabilities in salt across multiple systems. Prompt intervention necessary.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for salt fixes the following issues: - 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) 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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-3555=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-3555=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-3555=1

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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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190265

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3555-1
Rating: moderate

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