SUSE Security Update: Security update for salt
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2020:0684-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1135656 #1153611 #1157465 #1158940 #1159118 
                    #1160931 #1162327 #1162504 #1165425 
Cross-References:   CVE-2019-17361 CVE-2019-18897
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for salt fixes the following issues:

   - Avoid possible user escalation upgrading salt-master (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
   - New configuration option for selection of grains in the minion start
     event.
   - Fix 'os_family' grain for Astra Linux Common Edition
   - Fix for salt-api NET API where unauthenticated attacker could run
     arbitrary code (CVE-2019-17361) (bsc#1162504)
   - Adds disabled parameter to mod_repo in aptpkg module Move token with
     atomic operation Bad API token files get deleted (bsc#1160931)
   - Support for Btrfs and XFS in parted and mkfs added
   - Adds list_downloaded for apt Module to enable pre-downloading support
     Adds virt.(pool|network)_get_xml functions
   - Various libvirt updates:
     * Add virt.pool_capabilities function
     * virt.pool_running improvements
     * Add virt.pool_deleted state
     * virt.network_define allow adding IP configuration
   - virt: adding kernel boot parameters to libvirt xml
   - Fix to scheduler when data['run'] does not exist (bsc#1159118)
   - Fix virt states to not fail on VMs already stopped
   - Fix applying of attributes for returner rawfile_json (bsc#1158940)
   - xfs: do not fail if type is not present (bsc#1153611)
   - Fix errors when running virt.get_hypervisor function
   - Align virt.full_info fixes with upstream Salt
   - Fix for log checking in x509 test
   - Read repo info without using interpolation (bsc#1135656)
   - Limiting M2Crypto to >= SLE15
   - Replacing pycrypto with M2Crypto (bsc#1165425)


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 Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP1-2020-684=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP1-2020-684=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-684=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      salt-api-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-cloud-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-master-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-proxy-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-ssh-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-syndic-2019.2.0-6.24.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1 (noarch):

      salt-fish-completion-2019.2.0-6.24.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      python2-salt-2019.2.0-6.24.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      python3-salt-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-doc-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-minion-2019.2.0-6.24.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 (noarch):

      salt-bash-completion-2019.2.0-6.24.1
      salt-zsh-completion-2019.2.0-6.24.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17361.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18897.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1135656
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1153611
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157465
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1158940
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159118
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160931
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162327
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162504
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1165425

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