SUSE-SU-2021:1688-1: moderate: Security Beta update for Salt

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   SUSE Security Update: Security Beta update for Salt
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2021:1688-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1173692 #1185092 #1185281 
Cross-References:   CVE-2021-31607
CVSS scores:
                    CVE-2021-31607 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
                    CVE-2021-31607 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager Tools 12-BETA
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update fixes the following issues:

   salt:

   - Parsing Epoch out of version provided during pkg remove (bsc#1173692)
   - 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
   - Remove duplicate directories from specfile
   - Improvements on "ansiblegate" module (bsc#1185092):
     * New methods: ansible.targets / ansible.discover_playbooks
     * General bugfixes


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:

   - SUSE Manager Tools 12-BETA:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2021-1688=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Manager Tools 12-BETA (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      python2-salt-3000-49.35.1
      python3-salt-3000-49.35.1
      salt-3000-49.35.1
      salt-doc-3000-49.35.1
      salt-minion-3000-49.35.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31607.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173692
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185092
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185281