Security update for salt

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2023:4387-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1213293 bsc#1213518 bsc#1214477 bsc#1215157 jsc#MSQA-706
Cross-References:	CVE-2023-34049
CVSS scores:
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP4 openSUSE Leap 15.4 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 Server Applications Module 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 Transactional Server Module 15-SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2023-34049: arbitrary code execution via symlink attack (bsc#1215157)

Bugs fixed:

• Fix optimization_order opt to prevent testsuite fails
• Improve salt.utils.json.find_json to avoid fails (bsc#1213293)
• Use salt-call from salt bundle with transactional_update
• Only call native_str on curl_debug message in tornado when needed
• Implement the calling for batch async from the salt CLI
• Fix calculation of SLS context vars when trailing dots on targetted sls/state (bsc#1213518)
• Rename salt-tests to python3-salt-testsuite
• Allow all primitive grain types for autosign_grains (bsc#1214477)

Special Instructions and Notes:

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-15.4-2023-4387=1 SUSE-2023-4387=1
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2023-4387=1
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2023-4387=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4387=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-4387=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4387=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-4387=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4387=1
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP4-2023-4387=1
• Transactional Server Module 15-SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP4-2023-4387=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.49.2
• Transactional Server Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.49.2

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34049.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213293
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213518
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214477
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215157
• https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-706