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<h1>Security update for salt</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2023:3863-1</td>
</tr>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193948">#1193948</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210994">#1210994</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212794">#1212794</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212844">#1212844</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212855">#1212855</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213257">#1213257</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213441">#1213441</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213630">#1213630</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213960">#1213960</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214796">#1214796</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214797">#1214797</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215489">#1215489</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20897.html">CVE-2023-20897</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20898.html">CVE-2023-20898</a>
</li>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20897</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20897</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20898</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-20898</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Server Applications Module 15-SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Manager Server 4.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Transactional Server Module 15-SP4</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 10 security fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for salt fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Security issues fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2023-20897: Fixed DOS in minion return. (bsc#1214796, bsc#1213441)</li>
<li>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)</li>
</ul>
<p>Bugs fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create minion_id with reproducible mtime</li>
<li>Fix broken tests to make them running in the testsuite</li>
<li>Fix detection of Salt codename by "salt_version" execution module</li>
<li>Fix inconsistency in reported version by egg-info metadata (bsc#1215489)</li>
<li>Fix regression: multiple values for keyword argument 'saltenv' (bsc#1212844)</li>
<li>Fix the regression of user.present state when group is unset (bsc#1212855)</li>
<li>Fix utf8 handling in 'pass' renderer and make it more robust</li>
<li>Fix zypper repositories always being reconfigured</li>
<li>Make sure configured user is properly set by Salt (bsc#1210994)</li>
<li>Prevent possible exceptions on salt.utils.user.get_group_dict (bsc#1212794)</li>
<li>Revert usage of long running REQ channel to prevent possible missing responses on requests and duplicated responses
(bsc#1213960, bsc#1213630, bsc#1213257)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Special Instructions and Notes:</h2>
<ul>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
Transactional Server Module 15-SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Transactional-Server-15-SP4-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3863=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Server Applications Module 15-SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3863=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Transactional Server Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-tests-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
<li>salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Server Applications Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.44.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20897.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20897.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20898.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20898.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193948">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193948</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210994">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210994</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212794">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212794</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212844">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212844</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212855">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212855</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213257">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213257</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213441">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213441</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213630">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213630</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213960">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213960</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214796">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214796</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214797">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214797</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215489">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215489</a>
</li>
</ul>
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