SUSE-SU-2017:3381-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20173381-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:3381-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2017:3381-1
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Published
2017-12-20T11:22:47Z
Modified
2017-12-20T11:22:47Z
Summary
Security update for Salt
Details

This update for salt fixes one security issue and bugs.

The following security issues have been fixed:

  • CVE-2017-14695: A directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation allowed remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. (bsc#1062462)
  • CVE-2017-14696: It was possible to force a remote Denial of Service with a specially crafted authentication request. (bsc#1062464)

Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed:

  • Removed deprecation warning for beacon configuration using dictionaries. (bsc#1041993)
  • Fixed beacons failure when pillar-based suppressing config-based. (bsc#1060230)
  • Fixed minion resource exhaustion when many functions are being executed in parallel. (bsc#1059758)
  • Remove 'TasksTask' attribute from salt-master.service in older versions of systemd. (bsc#985112)
  • Fix for delete_deployment in Kubernetes module. (bsc#1059291)
  • Catching error when PIDfile cannot be deleted. (bsc#1050003)
  • Use $HOME to get the user home directory instead using '~' char. (bsc#1042749)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.11.4-43.10.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "salt-doc": "2016.11.4-43.10.2",
            "salt-minion": "2016.11.4-43.10.2",
            "salt": "2016.11.4-43.10.2"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2016.11.4-43.10.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "salt-doc": "2016.11.4-43.10.2",
            "salt-minion": "2016.11.4-43.10.2",
            "salt": "2016.11.4-43.10.2"
        }
    ]
}