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SUSE: 2021:3557-1 Moderate Security Patch for Salt Injection Issue

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2021
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SUSE Security Update for Salt: Addresses vulnerability with moderate risk. Apply updates quickly to protect environments.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for salt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-21996: Exclude the full path of a download URL to prevent injection of malicious code. (bsc#1190265) 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 5.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2021-3557=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP3-2021-3557=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP3-2021-3557=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3:

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 5.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190265

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3557-1
Rating: moderate

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