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SUSE: 2021:3556-1 Moderate: Vulnerability in Salt Code Injection Risks

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2021
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SUSE has issued a Security Update addressing one moderate severity vulnerability in Salt. Detailed patch instructions are provided for impacted products.
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 MicroOS 5.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-3556=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP2-2021-3556=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-3556=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity update instructions SUSE MicroOS Salt Code Injection

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 MicroOS 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190265

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3556-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity update instructions SUSE MicroOS Salt Code Injection

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