SUSE-SU-2017:2674-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:2674-1

    Published: 9 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12791

    Summary: Security update for Salt

    Details: This update for salt fixes one security issue and bugs: The following security issue has been fixed: - CVE-2017-12791: Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation allowed remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID (bsc#1053955). Additionally, the following non-security issues have been fixed: - Added support for SUSE Manager scalability features. (bsc#1052264) - Introduced the kubernetes module. (bsc#1051948) - Notify systemd synchronously via NOTIFY_SOCKET. (bsc#1053376) - Added bugfix when jobs scheduled to run at a future time stay pending for Salt minions. (bsc#1036125) - Adding procps as dependency. This provides 'ps' and 'pgrep' utils which are called from different Salt modules and also from new salt-minion watchdog.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172674-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036125, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051948, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052264, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1053376, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1053955, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12791

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/salt&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%203.1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2016.11.4-4.3.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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