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SUSE: 2021:2106-1 Critical: Salt Fixes for Multiple Threats

An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities, contains three features and has three fixes is now available. . SUSE Security Update: Security update for salt ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2106-1 Rating: critical References: #1171257 #1176293 #1179831 #1181368 #1182281 #1182293 #1182382 #1185092 #1185281 #1186674 ECO-3212 SLE-18028 SLE-18033 Cross-References: CVE-2018-15750 CVE-2018-15751 CVE-2020-11651 CVE-2020-11652 CVE-2020-25592 CVE-2021-25315 CVE-2021-31607 CVSS scores: CVE-2018-15750 (NVD) : 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2018-15750 (SUSE): 8.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVE-2018-15751 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2018-15751 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2020-11651 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2020-11651 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2020-11652 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2020-11652 (SUSE): 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2020-25592 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2020-25592 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-25315 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-25315 (SUSE): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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: SUSE MicroOS 5.0 SUSE LinuxEnterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities, contains three features and has three fixes is now available. Description: This update for salt fixes the following issues: Update to Salt release version 3002.2 (jsc#ECO-3212, jsc#SLE-18033, jsc#SLE-18028) - Check if dpkgnotify is executable (bsc#1186674) - Drop support for Python2. Obsoletes `python2-salt` package (jsc#SLE-18028) - virt module updates * network: handle missing ipv4 netmask attribute * more network support * PCI/USB host devices passthrough support - Set distro requirement to oldest supported version in requirements/base.txt - Bring missing part of async batch implementation back (CVE-2021-25315, bsc#1182382) - Always require `python3-distro` (bsc#1182293) - Remove deprecated warning that breaks minion execution when "server_id_use_crc" opts is missing - Fix pkg states when DEB package has "all" arch - Do not force beacons configuration to be a list. - Remove msgpack < 1.0.0 from base requirements (bsc#1176293) - msgpack support for version > = 1.0.0 (bsc#1171257) - 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) - Improvements on "ansiblegate" module (bsc#1185092): * New methods: ansible.targets / ansible.discover_playbooks - Add support for Alibaba Cloud Linux 2(Aliyun Linux) - Regression fix of salt-ssh on processing targets - Update target fix for salt-ssh and avoiding race condition on salt-ssh event processing (bsc#1179831, bsc#1182281) - Add notify beacon for Debian/Ubuntu systems - Fix zmq bug that causes salt-call to freeze (bsc#1181368) 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-5.0-2021-2106=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP2-2021-2106=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2021-2106=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP3-2021-2106=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP2-2021-2106=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-2106=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-2106=1 Package List: - SUSE MicroOS 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64): python3-salt-3002.2-37.1 salt-3002.2-37.1 salt-minion-3002.2-37.1 salt-transactional-update-3002.2-37.1 - SUSE MicroOS 5.0 (noarch): python3-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): salt-transactional-update-3002.2-37.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): salt-api-3002.2-37.1 salt-cloud-3002.2-37.1 salt-master-3002.2-37.1 salt-proxy-3002.2-37.1 salt-ssh-3002.2-37.1 salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3002.2-37.1 salt-syndic-3002.2-37.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2 (noarch): salt-fish-completion-3002.2-37.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP3 (noarch): python2-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP2 (noarch): python2-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (noarch): python3-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): python3-salt-3002.2-37.1 salt-3002.2-37.1 salt-doc-3002.2-37.1 salt-minion-3002.2-37.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (noarch): python3-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1 salt-bash-completion-3002.2-37.1 salt-zsh-completion-3002.2-37.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15750.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15751.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11651.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11652.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25592.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25315.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31607.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171257 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176293 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179831 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181368 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182281 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182293 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182382 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185092 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185281 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186674 . Important security patch for salt addresses various vulnerabilities and brings notable enhancements for SUSE platforms.. SUSE Salt Security Update, Linux Enterprise Module, Patch Management. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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