Security Beta update for Salt SUSE Patch security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE-SU-2020:0763-1 Final 1 1 2020-03-24T14:52:56Z current 2020-03-24T14:52:56Z 2020-03-24T14:52:56Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf.pl 2017-02-24T01:00:00Z Security Beta update for Salt This update fixes the following issues: salt: - Requiring python3-distro only for openSUSE/SLE >= 15 - Use full option name instead of undocumented abbreviation for zypper - Python-distro is only needed for > Python 3.7. Removing it for Python 2 - Fixed a local privilege escalation to root (bsc#1157465) (CVE-2019-18897) - Fix unit tests failures in test_batch_async tests - Batch Async: Handle exceptions, properly unregister and close instances after running async batching to avoid CPU starvation of the MWorkers (bsc#1162327) - RHEL/CentOS 8 uses platform-python instead of python3 - Enable build for Python 3.8 - Update to Salt version 2019.2.3 (bsc#1163981) (bsc#1162504) - Replacing pycrypto with M2Crypto (bsc#1165425) The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). SUSE-2020-763,SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-15-2020-763 Copyright SUSE LLC under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200763-1/ Link for SUSE-SU-2020:0763-1 https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-March/006639.html E-Mail link for SUSE-SU-2020:0763-1 https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157465 SUSE Bug 1157465 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162327 SUSE Bug 1162327 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162504 SUSE Bug 1162504 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1163981 SUSE Bug 1163981 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1165425 SUSE Bug 1165425 https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18897/ SUSE CVE CVE-2019-18897 page python2-salt-2019.2.3-8.12.1 python3-salt-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-api-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-bash-completion-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-cloud-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-doc-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-fish-completion-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-master-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-minion-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-proxy-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-ssh-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-syndic-2019.2.3-8.12.1 salt-zsh-completion-2019.2.3-8.12.1 A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions. CVE-2019-18897 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200763-1/ https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18897.html CVE-2019-18897 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157465 SUSE Bug 1157465