A salt security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:3557-1: moderate: Security update for salt

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for salt
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3557-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1190265
Cross-References: CVE-2021-21996
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-21996 (SUSE): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-21996: Exclude the full path of a download URL to prevent
injection of malicious code. (bsc#1190265)

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-15.3-2021-3557=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

python3-salt-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-api-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-cloud-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-doc-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-master-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-minion-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-proxy-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-ssh-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-syndic-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-transactional-update-3002.2-50.1.15.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

salt-bash-completion-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-fish-completion-3002.2-50.1.15.1
salt-zsh-completion-3002.2-50.1.15.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21996.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190265