A salt security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 and openSUSE Leap 15.4.

SUSE-SU-2022:2304-1: important: Security update for salt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for salt
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2304-1
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:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4openSUSE Leap 15.4
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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 authentication when using PAM (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 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-2304=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP4-2022-2304=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP4-2022-2304=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-2304=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

python3-salt-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-api-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-cloud-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-doc-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-master-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-minion-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-proxy-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-ssh-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3004-150400.8.8.1 salt-syndic-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-transactional-update-3004-150400.8.8.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch):

salt-bash-completion-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-fish-completion-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-zsh-completion-3004-150400.8.8.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

salt-transactional-update-3004-150400.8.8.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

salt-api-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-cloud-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-master-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-proxy-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-ssh-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3004-150400.8.8.1 salt-syndic-3004-150400.8.8.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP4 (noarch):
salt-fish-completion-3004-150400.8.8.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

python3-salt-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-doc-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-minion-3004-150400.8.8.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 (noarch):
salt-bash-completion-3004-150400.8.8.1
salt-zsh-completion-3004-150400.8.8.1

References:

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