A salt security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise.

SUSE-SU-2023:3862-1: moderate: Security update for salt

# Security update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3862-1
Rating: moderate
References:

* #1193948
* #1210994
* #1212794
* #1212844
* #1212855
* #1213257
* #1213441
* #1213630
* #1213960
* #1214796
* #1214797
* #1215489

Cross-References:

* CVE-2023-20897
* CVE-2023-20898

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-20897 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
* CVE-2023-20897 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
* CVE-2023-20898 ( SUSE ): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
* CVE-2023-20898 ( NVD ): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5
* openSUSE Leap 15.5
* Server Applications Module 15-SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
* Transactional Server Module 15-SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 10 security fixes can now be
installed.

## Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2023-20897: Fixed DOS in minion return. (bsc#1214796, bsc#1213441)
* CVE-2023-20898: Fixed Git Providers can read from the wrong environment
because they get the same cache directory base name. (bsc#1214797,
bsc#1193948)

Bugs fixed:

* Create minion_id with reproducible mtime
* Fix broken tests to make them running in the testsuite
* Fix detection of Salt codename by "salt_version" execution module
* Fix inconsistency in reported version by egg-info metadata (bsc#1215489)
* Fix regression: multiple values for keyword argument 'saltenv' (bsc#1212844)
* Fix the regression of user.present state when group is unset (bsc#1212855)
* Fix utf8 handling in 'pass' renderer and make it more robust
* Fix zypper repositories always being reconfigured
* Make sure configured user is properly set by Salt (bsc#1210994)
* Prevent possible exceptions on salt.utils.user.get_group_dict (bsc#1212794)
* Revert usage of long running REQ channel to prevent possible missing
responses on requests and duplicated responses (bsc#1213960, bsc#1213630,
bsc#1213257)

## 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 15.5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3862=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3862=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-3862=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3862=1

* Transactional Server Module 15-SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP5-2023-3862=1

## Package List:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* salt-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* python3-salt-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-syndic-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-proxy-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-tests-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-ssh-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-minion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-doc-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-api-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-cloud-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-master-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
* salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* salt-minion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-doc-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* python3-salt-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
* salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* salt-syndic-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-proxy-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-ssh-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-api-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-cloud-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* salt-master-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
* salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150500.4.19.1
* Transactional Server Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150500.4.19.1

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20897.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20898.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193948
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210994
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212794
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212844
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212855
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213257
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213441
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213630
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213960
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214796
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214797
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215489