QID 750154

QID 750154: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for salt (SUSE-SU-2021:1951-1)

This update for salt fixes the following issues: - check if dpkgnotify is executable (bsc#1186674) - update to salt release version 3002.2 (jsc#eco-3212, jsc#sle-18033, jsc#sle-18028) - drop support for python2.
Obsoletes `python2-salt` package (jsc#sle-18028) - fix issue parsing errors in ansiblegate state module - prevent command injection in the snapper module (bsc#1185281, cve-2021-31607) - transactional_update: detect recursion in the executor - add subpackage `salt-transactional-update` (jsc#sle-18033) - remove duplicate directories

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Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:1951-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:1951-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-June/008992.html