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openSUSE Leap 15.3 Important Salt Command Injection Fix

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains three features and has one errata is now available. . openSUSE Security Update: Security update for salt ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1951-1 Rating: important References: #1185281 #1186674 ECO-3212 SLE-18028 SLE-18033 Cross-References: CVE-2021-31607 CVSS scores: CVE-2021-31607 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-31607 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability, contains three features and has one errata is now available. Description: This update for salt fixes the following issues: - Check if dpkgnotify is executable (bsc#1186674) - Update to Salt release version 3002.2 (jsc#ECO-3212, jsc#SLE-18033, jsc#SLE-18028) - Drop support for Python2. Obsoletes `python2-salt` package (jsc#SLE-18028) - Fix issue parsing errors in ansiblegate state module - Prevent command injection in the snapper module (bsc#1185281, CVE-2021-31607) - transactional_update: detect recursion in the executor - Add subpackage `salt-transactional-update` (jsc#SLE-18033) - Remove duplicate directories Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE 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 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1951=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): python3-salt-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-api-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-cloud-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-doc-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-master-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-minion-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-proxy-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-ssh-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-syndic-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-transactional-update-3002.2-8.41.8.1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch): salt-bash-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-fish-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1 salt-zsh-completion-3002.2-8.41.8.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31607.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185281 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186674 . This patch tackles a significant security flaw related to salt, in addition to introducing enhancements and corrections for openSUSE Leap 15.3.. openSUSE Salt Update, Command Injection Fix, Important Updates. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 11, 2021 •Important OpenSUSE