A salt security update has been released for openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2.

SUSE-SU-2022:2178-2: important: Security update for salt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for salt
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2178-2
Rating: important
References: #1200566
Cross-References: CVE-2022-22967
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-22967 (NVD) : 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-22967 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-22967: Fixed missing check for PAM_ACCT_MGM return value that could be used to bypass PAM authentication (bsc#1200566)

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:
- openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.2-2022-2178=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 (aarch64 x86_64):

python3-salt-3004-150300.53.24.1
salt-3004-150300.53.24.1
salt-minion-3004-150300.53.24.1
salt-transactional-update-3004-150300.53.24.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22967.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1200566