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SUSE: 2023:2405-2 Critical: Salt Safety Breach Correction

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Calendar Grey July 6, 2022
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SUSE Security Patch for salt resolves significant authentication circumvention vulnerability, bolstering system defenses.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for salt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-22967: Fixed missing check for PAM_ACCT_MGM return value that could be used to bypass authentication when using PAM (bsc#1200566) 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: - openSUSE Leap 15.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-2304=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP4-2022-2304=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP4-2022-2304=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update patch important SUSE authentication bypass salt

References

#1200566

Cross- CVE-2022-22967

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-22967 (NVD) : 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-22967 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4

openSUSE Leap 15.4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22967.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1200566

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2304-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update patch important SUSE authentication bypass salt

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