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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.3615
Security update for salt
21 November 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: salt
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Unauthorised Access -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-15751 CVE-2018-15750
Reference: ESB-2018.3607
ESB-2018.3606
ESB-2018.3323
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183815-1/
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for salt
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3815-1
Rating: important
References: #1110938 #1113698 #1113699 #1113784 #1114197
Cross-References: CVE-2018-15750 CVE-2018-15751
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three
fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for salt fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2018-15750: Fixed directory traversal vulnerability in salt-api
(bsc#1113698).
- CVE-2018-15751: Fixed remote authentication bypass in salt-api(netapi)
that allows to execute arbitrary commands (bsc#1113699).
Non-security issues fixed:
- Improved handling of LDAP group id. gid is no longer treated as a
string, which could have lead to faulty group creations (bsc#1113784).
- Fixed async call to process manager (bsc#1110938).
- Fixed OS arch detection when RPM is not installed (bsc#1114197).
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 Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-2018-2713=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2713=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
salt-api-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-cloud-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-master-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-proxy-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-ssh-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-syndic-2018.3.0-5.20.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 (noarch):
salt-fish-completion-2018.3.0-5.20.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
python2-salt-2018.3.0-5.20.1
python3-salt-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-doc-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-minion-2018.3.0-5.20.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (noarch):
salt-bash-completion-2018.3.0-5.20.1
salt-zsh-completion-2018.3.0-5.20.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15750.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15751.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110938
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113698
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113699
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1113784
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1114197
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